# Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime - Grainews

> Western Canadian feedlots keep buying US corn imports, which is putting pressure on feed barley and wheat prices. Buyers are now looking at deliveries into March through June because supply is ample. Analysts expect farmers to plant fewer barley acres in spring, which could support prices later.

- Date: 2024-01-25 · published 2024-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32197-feed-grain-weekly-outlook-buyers-looking-towards-springtime-grainews
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy corn imports are substituting for domestic feed grains and weighing on near-term barley and wheat prices, while expected lower acreage could firm prices later in 2024.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-29 | [Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports set to drop - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9512-feed-weekly-outlook-corn-imports-set-to-drop-grainews.md) | +7.6% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2023-10-06 | [Feed weekly outlook: Lack of overseas demand brings down prices - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33718-feed-weekly-outlook-lack-of-overseas-demand-brings-down-prices-grainews.md) | -0.5% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2020-11-20 | [Feed weekly outlook: Export demand supports grain prices - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50227-feed-weekly-outlook-export-demand-supports-grain-prices-grainews.md) | +0.1% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2018-02-22 | [Feed weekly outlook: Prairie feed grains following corn's lead \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66564-feed-weekly-outlook-prairie-feed-grains-following-corn-s-lead-farmtario.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2025-11-27 | [Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12530-feed-grains-weekly-good-export-demand-pushing-up-domestic-prices-grainews.md) | +1.0% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/feed-grain-weekly-outlook-buyers-looking-towards-springtime/

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