Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed prices on the Canadian Prairies have slipped over the last week and are poised to remain flat to the end of the year, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

Feed Grains Weekly: Prices to remain in a ‘funk’ for now

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to rise or fall
Weather, China could guide oilseed’s trajectory
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola prices could shift up or down in the coming weeks due to uncertainty, said Jerry Klassen, analyst with Resilient Capital in Winnipeg

Pulse Weekly: Lentil prices in decline in Western Canada
Green lentils lose as much as seven cents/lb. this month
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lentil prices in Western Canada have seen a sharp decline over the past month, but weather events could provide a bit of a boost.

Flax retaining May gains
StatCan projects smallest planted area in 76 years
Reading Time: < 1 minute Flax prices continue to ride the upswing the oilseed experienced in May, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.

Pulse Weekly: Lentils looking for a good crop despite slow market
Prices down amidst tariff troubles, lower demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes A healthy snowpack in Saskatchewan will provide good subsoil moisture before lentil seeding this spring, but other factors are dragging down prices.

Feed grains weekly: Looming tariffs scaring away demand
Feed market is ‘wait and see’ says broker
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

Spring weather to dominate first half of March
Large parts of Argentina, Brazil to be dry
Reading Time: 2 minutes Be it the Canadian Prairies or the United States Midwest, spring-like weather is on its way for the first couple of weeks of March, said Drew Lerner, president and chief agricultural meteorologist for World Weather Inc. in Overland, Kan. Meanwhile, the dryness that has dominated parts of Argentina and Brazil is likely to continue for the next several weeks.

Canadian Prairies, U.S. Midwest to get colder in January as South America becomes hotter, drier
Some warmer temps for Prairies during week of Jan. 6
Reading Time: 2 minutes Meteorologist Drew Lerner said he expects colder than normal temperatures across the Canadian Prairies and much of the United States Midwest in January, while a good portion of South America is to be hotter than normal.

Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.

More precipitation at the start of winter says Environment and Climate Change Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) presented its winter seasonal outlook on Dec. 4. Officials said they expect temperatures across the country to be close to or above normal for the beginning of winter. However, they pointed out Western Canada is likely to experience normal to below normal temperatures come January and February.