# Alberta feed market flooded with grain | The Western Producer

> Cold, wet weather through September and early October slowed harvest in Alberta and Saskatchewan and downgraded crops to feed grade. Feed grain prices in Alberta fell around 70 cents per bushel for feed wheat as producers rushed to sell high-moisture grain.

- Date: 2018-10-22 · published 2018-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62608-alberta-feed-market-flooded-with-grain-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy farmer selling of downgraded wheat and barley floods the feed market and pushes local feed grain prices lower, with feedlots able to wait for better prices.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2018-10-18 | [Feed weekly outlook: Grains flood Alberta market - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62584-feed-weekly-outlook-grains-flood-alberta-market-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +0.3% | -3.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-27 | [CBOT review: Soybeans, grains fall with crude oil \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8282-cbot-review-soybeans-grains-fall-with-crude-oil-the-western-producer.md) | -2.4% | +2.9% |
| WHEAT | 2023-06-01 | [Feed weekly outlook: Weather market will determine grain prices - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35565-feed-weekly-outlook-weather-market-will-determine-grain-prices-agcanada.md) | -3.6% | +8.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-26 | [Canola up on planting woes, market eyes weather, trade policy \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71596-canola-up-on-planting-woes-market-eyes-weather-trade-policy-the-western-producer.md) | +3.3% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-29 | [European wheat looks good, but dryness worries persist \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47529-european-wheat-looks-good-but-dryness-worries-persist-the-western-producer.md) | -5.4% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/alberta-feed-market-flooded-with-grain/

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