Reading Time: 3 minutes The farming life can be a lonely one, and it’s all too easy to forget you’re part of a large network bringing food to the tables of families around the world. But that realization strikes producers who have taken the Combine to Customer course put on by Cereals Canada. “I now have a whole new […] Read more
Unique program tells the rest of the story on wheat
Alberta farmers say the Combine to Customer program made them realize how big the value chain is
Feed weekly outlook: Corn the choice crop in feedlots
'Bigger feedlots are looking for volume'
MarketsFarm — Copious amounts of corn are still being delivered to feedlots in southern Alberta despite slowly declining prices for other feed grains. “Corn is coming down over the last little bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said. “You think that there would be a little bit more barley hitting the market. […] Read more
Pulse crops struggle to keep up in the crop popularity sweepstakes
Peas, lentils and beans cut the fertilizer bill (and emissions) but run a distant fourth in acres
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Alberta Pulse Growers recently announced its new board, it sent a press release to say it would work hard “to achieve the vision of pulses on every farm.” But while many producers grow pulses (at least some of the time), the nitrogen-fixing legumes run far behind canola, wheat and barley in the crop popularity […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Barley exports slowing down, local prices steady
Feedlots relatively well covered
MarketsFarm — Canadian barley exports slowed down in January, but out-of-country movement is still running ahead of the year-ago pace, according to updated export data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada exported 131,100 tonnes of barley from licensed facilities in January, with China the top customer taking 100,500 tonnes. Total barley exports were well off […] Read more
Online tool offers deep – but quick – dive into malt barley varieties
Interactive map offers a host of info, including data from malt trials conducted across Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Want to stop growing malt barley like it’s 1999? Alberta Barley is here to help. The new ‘Better Malt, Better Barley’ online interactive map allows users to see how a number of both old and new malt barley varieties fare in different parts of the province. “A long-standing issue in the Canadian malt industry has […] Read more
Klassen: Calves jump on corn outlook
Softer barley values underpin yearling market
Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5 to as much as $12 above week-ago levels. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $332-$335 delivered, up $5-$8 from last week. Stronger fed cattle prices and softer barley values underpinned the yearling market. Buyers were finicky […] Read more
Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies
Demand for corn from Manitoba, U.S. wanes
MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed as possible to get through […] Read more
Boldly going: Potato growers head into unexplored territory
It’s nerve-wracking to be a trailblazer, but Groot family committed to trying something very different on their farm
Reading Time: 5 minutes These days farmers are encouraged to be experimental, and to conduct trials on their own land to see what works best for them. What agronomists may not say is just how nerve-wracking it can be. And that goes double when doing something that has rarely, if ever, been done before. In the case of Gibbons-area […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Grain bids quietly drift lower
Oats still making their way into feedlots
MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said a relatively milder winter across the Prairies has resulted in less consumption of feed grains in feedlots. In turn, feedlots are not purchasing as much […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat
Barley expected to go bullish in April, May
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s grain stocks as of Dec. 31, was neutral for spring wheat, supportive of durum, and pointed toward barley being somewhat bullish come spring, he said. […] Read more
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