# Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports still weigh on domestic feed market - AgCanada

> Western Canadian cash barley in Lethbridge has slipped from about $450 to about $435 per tonne in early January, as ample U.S. corn imports arrive by unit train at prices similar to barley. Trucking shortages are also limiting grain movement to southern Alberta feedlots.

- Date: 2023-01-11 · published 2023-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37848-feed-weekly-outlook-corn-imports-still-weigh-on-domestic-feed-market-agcanada
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Cheap U.S. corn displacing barley in feedlot rations keeps Canadian barley under pressure, though prices remain near the top of their historical range.

## 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 | 2023-09-21 | [Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids - MarketsFarm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34174-harvest-pressure-looming-corn-imports-weigh-on-barley-bids-marketsfarm.md) | -0.2% | +0.5% |
| 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 | 2018-07-19 | [U.S. grains: Markets set one-week highs on export hopes, weather woes - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64079-u-s-grains-markets-set-one-week-highs-on-export-hopes-weather-woes-agcanada.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2021-12-16 | [Will China's Imports of Corn Remain High in 2022? \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14971-will-china-s-imports-of-corn-remain-high-in-2022-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.7% | +0.4% |

## Sources

- agcanada.com: https://www.agcanada.com/daily/feed-weekly-outlook-corn-imports-still-weigh-on-domestic-feed-market

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