Feed Grains: Quality of feed a concern

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, Nov. 16 (CNS Canada) – Large feed grain supplies are expected to keep prices under pressure in Western Canada this winter, but quality will still be an issue even in the feed market.

Larger-than-normal disease issues mean that farmers with wheat and durum with high vomitoxin levels will be looking to dump more grain into the feed sector, according to industry participants.

Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were down on Wednesday, as a stronger tone in the US dollar weighed on values.

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