CNS Canada –– Livestock producers in Western Canada will likely have to import feed grains such as corn and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) this year, as drought is seen trimming domestic barley and other feed production. “We’ve seen droughts before, and when it’s happened, usually what has to happen is we import other […] Read more
U.S. corn, DDGS imports likely as drought tightens feed supply
Feed barley bids rangebound in Western Canada
CNS Canada –– Prairie feed barley prices continue to hang tough in March, locked into a range established early this year. “We’re seeing a lot of bids in and around $205” per tonne, said Allen Pirness, a trader for Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge. Bids had been hitting around $210 per tonne, for example, on […] Read more
Cattle chew through less grain in 2014-15, so far
CNS Canada — Mild weather, fewer cattle and a growing list of alternative grains led Canadian cattle to chew through less feed in the first five months of the 2014-15 crop year. According to Tuesday’s grain stocks report from Statistics Canada, feed barley usage was at 2.67 million tonnes as of Dec. 31, down from […] Read more
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