January 7, 2026

Good Day,


This is the start of a new year. And my first newsletter of 2026. I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to comment on our newsletter. It lets us know that people are reading it - even if they don’t always agree with what they read. We have had a very interesting year last year with all the unpredictable changes that have happened both within our country and globally. Unfortunately many of them have had negative impacts on how the year turned out. Lets all hope that saner heads prevail and 2026 moves forward with less turmoil.


I would like to mention, AGAIN, a practice that I would hope everyone  does when you ship grain with on farm pick-up. That is that you keep good samples from every load that leaves the farm. If there is an issue then you can compare load samples with what the unload specs are. This way your broker at Quality Grain has something to work with. It is very hard to get a buyer to change their mind about discounts if we have nothing more to go on than “I know that all the grain we shipped was the same”. It works much better when you can say “I took the sample from load # 1234 to my local elevator and they came up with this”. Then we can get involved and hopefully negotiate the proper price for your grain. Thought for the month.


I was wrong. I do have one more thing that should be mentioned. Please check your bins. We have seen enough heated canola already this year. The cables you put in your bin help, but they are not perfect. An actual peek in the bin can be a real money saver. Crusted peas when pulled through 8000 bushels of #2 yellows can become 8000 bushels of feed peas in a hurry. Don’t wait for the snow to slide off the roof on the north side of the bin to find that issue.


So far this winter in MB has been slightly warmer than normal with more snow than we have seen for some time. The snow will likely be a good thing by the end of the growing season as lately there seems to be a shortage of moisture. One of the questions we have been getting from more than one producer in 2026 is “What should we grow?” This is always a big decision. Most producers are going to stay fairly close to their rotations. We did see issues with canola in western MB with soil borne fungus from tight rotations that turned fields that looked like 60 bushels into fields that struggled to make 40. I realize that economics plays a big part of what your rotation is but. Canola-snow- canola isn’t a long term sustainable rotation.


On the topic of what to seed this spring we will hopefully be getting some guidance when the crop production days happen across the prairies this month. I know that the buyers generally have specials on at that time and these will set the tone for any new crop pricing. We haven’t had much luck with new crop bids, yet, but it is just the first week of January. If you would like us to do some digging just send a text, call or email your broker and we will see what we can find. If we do find some hot prices we will be sure to share them with producers who have shown interest in that commodity.


Here are some prices we have been seeing picked up Brandon MB area:


Barley - $4.65/bus
Corn - $5.15/bus
Feed Wheat - $5.95/bus
Soybeans - $12.20/bus
Yellow Peas - $7.15/bus
Rye - $4.90/bus
2 CW Oats - $3.25/bus
Feed Oats - $2.25/bus


We have not been seeing much for price carry/increasing for Spring/Summer movement at this point.




Until next month,






Richard Chambers
Marketer - Brandon, MB
204-729-1354 - Office
204-761-8320 - Cell
[email protected]
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