A weather and crop specialist with CWB says, while anticipated reduced U.S. corn planting this year will impact feed grain prices, it’s unlikely to alter planting decisions on the western Canadian prairies.
The chair of Manitoba Pork Council suggests research aimed at improving the disease resistance and yields of wheat and barley is key to creating long term solutions for the kind of feed shortages pork producers have faced this year due to drought.
An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri expects livestock herd reductions in response to rising feed costs due to drought to reduce the demand for feed grains this coming winter.
A weather and crop analyst with the Canadian Wheat Board warns declining U.S. corn yield forecasts can be expected to continue to put upward pressure on North American feed grain prices.
