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Mar. 13, 2025 at 12:01 pm CDT

Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

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Mar. 12, 2025 at 1:27 pm CDT

Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to slowly recover by the end of March, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. However, the tariff policies of the Trump administration could easily redirect that trend.

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Mar. 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm CDT

No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.

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Mar. 10, 2025 at 3:10 pm CDT

Canadian yellow peas were hit with bad news on March 7, but the pulse received good news on March 10. In the bad news, China announced that Friday it's prepared to impose 100 per cent tariffs on its pea imports from Canada effective March 20, as well as imports of canola oil and canola meal. Plus there are to be 25 per cent levies on imports of Canadian pork and aquatic products.

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Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:04 pm CST

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were mixed during the week ended March 6. Declines in the United States wheat complex weighed on Prairie cash prices, as did a stronger Canadian dollar.

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