Cassie was born and raised in the Niagara Region of Ontario. At the age of 6 she found her passion for horses and has never looked back! During her last year of working at the racetrack in Ontario, she came across a man that will soon be her husband! He was originally from Alberta and the opportunity to return home soon came. They both packed their lives into Cassie’s Hyundai Elantra and began the long journey to their new home in Edmonton in March of 2018.
Since then, Cassie has worked on an equine, cattle and grain operation in Leduc, car dealerships, and recently began her journey in the agricultural world with Agfinity! In her younger years, she aspired to be a police officer and graduated from college with a diploma in Police Foundations and a certificate in Advanced Law Enforcement. Unfortunately, an accident at the racetrack has left her physically unable to pursue a career in law enforcement. When the opportunity to work at Agfinity came up, Cassie couldn’t pass it off! She has a passion for learning, helping and connecting with people and is excited to be involved in this vital industry.
While not working, Cassie can usually be found at the barn with her daughter teaching her the ins and outs of working with horses and the beginning steps of riding! Cassie has reluctantly agreed (or has been aggressively persuaded) to hand over most of the reins of her 10-year-old thoroughbred mare to her daughter, as she is now affectionately known as “her pony”! Cassie is excited to continue her learning and journey in the agricultural industry with Agfinity and looks forward to connecting with and helping more farmers in the years to come!
Because Farming is Forever
Cassie Dawson
Market Report – Erin Harakal
The political landscape is really stirring the pot that past few days and creating volatility across the grain markets. The Russian wheat export prices have jumped up with the suspension of the black sea deal. Russian wheat export has been at record highs in recent months due to larger stock and higher yields. In July of 2022 it is said that they exported close to 2.5 million metric tons and now for July of 2023 they are set to hit an estimate of 4.3 million metric tons. Russia has been trying to do anything to stop the Ukraine from shipping grain with threats to destroy ports and terminals. Lately the news of Russia has overshadowed the typical end of July updates on crop conditions throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. US corn crop conditions continue to be steady 57% has been rating good to excellent. Even with a good rating this is still the lowest rating since 2019. In eastern Alberta and most parts of Saskatchewan they remain under a heat warning, due to the weather problems the canola market has shown strength over the past few days.
Feed barley has been hot! Over the past few days new crop barley have rebounded. New crop barley for October-December has been trading around $400/mt delivered Calgary and Lethbridge has been $405-410/mt delivered for fall. US corn is now cheaper to bring in than barley. Delivered prices for corn have been around $370-375/mt delivered. Now that they have been bringing in corn over the last few years It has made switching to corn a lot easier if the price of barley becomes too high. This will be something to watch for as we head into the fall.
Oats have also had a noticeable change over the past few days, but for fall movement. September-November pricing for fall #2 oats can be heard as high as $4.00-4.30/bu picked up around central Alberta. Prices are as high if not higher than current old crop pricing. If you are looking to move oats and you have the bin space, there has been a strong demand for September movement.
Sellers Tip: Needing bin space before harvest? This is one of the last few weeks to book it in before new crops start to come off in some areas.