Feed barley bids are holding relatively steady in Western Canada, showing little movement over the past month as end users await the new crop amid relatively favourable growing conditions. Drought fears had encouraged some demand earlier in the year, but “now that those fears have been alleviated, (buyers) are starting to dig in,” according to […] Read more
Feed weekly: Prairie barley market steady with good new crop projections
Strategie Grains cuts EU wheat crop forecast as harvesting starts
Paris | Reuters – Strategie Grains lowered its monthly forecast for this year’s soft wheat crop in the European Union, confirming its expectation for a four-year low in production as harvesting gets under way. The consultancy now sees 2024/25 soft wheat production in the 27-country bloc at 121.8 million metric tons, 1.7 million tons less […] Read more
Seeding very close to wrapping up in Alberta
Crops are about two-thirds emerged and pastures are looking good, crop report finds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Weekly crop report from Alberta Agriculture for week of June 10.
Prairie wheat bids climb with U.S. futures
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada climbed higher during the week ended April 25, as a rally in United States futures provided support. Chart-based speculative buying was behind much of the strength in the futures, as fund traders bought back some of their large net short position. Declining crop ratings for U.S. winter wheat, the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally on pork demand outlook, rising commodities prices
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied in tandem with other commodities markets on Tuesday as signs of tightening supplies and a favorable pork demand outlook supported prices, traders said.
Producers sought for wheat, barley trials
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the past four growing seasons, Alberta Grains’ Plot2Farm has collected data from on-farm research trials that test specific agronomic questions. In 2023, there was research at eight sites on increased wheat seeding rates, increased N on barley, plant growth regulators on wheat, wheat variety trials and enhanced-efficiency fertilizers. Alberta Grains is seeking producers interested […] Read more
Bacterial leaf streak in 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bacterial leaf streak is an emerging disease in the Prairies. In 2023, Michael Harding’s provincial team conducted a province-wide survey to see where it is being found. Most of the infections were in Vulcan, Taber and Newell counties. However, one positive field was found at a more northern location, in Athabasca County. If the survey […] Read more
Conditions ripe for winter cereal wreck
Lack of snow cover, up-and-down temperatures and pooling and freezing all potential problems
Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Minimal snow cover, frigid temperatures in mid-January and above-average temperatures after that may have set the stage for winterkill in winter crops. The risk is high enough to cause concern among crop specialists. “The eastern Prairies are in a little bit better shape than (Saskatchewan and Alberta) but there’s huge swaths that […] Read more
Technical centre wants farmers to consider barley
AAFC projects higher barley production in 2024
As farmers prepare for spring seeding, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre reminded them to keep barley in mind.
Barley market prospects
Reading Time: < 1 minute Barley prices have been slipping lower during this crop year. Neil Blue, provincial crops market analyst, says the seasonal pattern of barley prices implies that there should have been a price recovery following harvest, but that has not been the case. The tariff on Australian barley exports to China was dropped in August 2023 and […] Read more
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