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Beef cattle in the ring in front of cattle buyers at Grunthal Livestock Auction.

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

Sep. 24, 2025 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Wednesday on long liquidation by funds and as sinking beef prices and eroding packer margins weighed on the market. Feeder cattle futures also retreated in a technical correction after four consecutive sessions of gains that were fueled by concerns […]

Two people look over a wire fence at an ostrich.

B.C. ostrich flock cull paused amid U.S. push to save them

Sep. 24, 2025 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Soybeans near six-week low as China shuns U.S. supplies

Sep. 24, 2025 at 2:46 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

Facade of Bank of Canada during summer day

Bank of Canada head expresses concern about Trump’s Fed actions

Sep. 24, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

By David Ljunggren Promit Mukherjee Reuters

Mark Carney is seen sitting at a desk among delegates from other countries at the U.N. assembly.

Carney expects ‘constructive’ trade talks with China to deepen

Sep. 24, 2025 at 9:50 am CDT

By Christian Martinez Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

Sep. 23, 2025 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures set a six-week low on Tuesday under pressure from a lack of Chinese demand and increased competition for export sales from Argentina, analysts said. The market finished slightly higher in a technical rebound, traders said. Wheat futures also recovered after setting contract lows, […]

By Reuters Tom Polansek

China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

Sep. 23, 2025 at 10:15 am CDT

Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang met political and business leaders from the U.S. Midwest. Analysts speculate the region’s food exports will be key to any U.S.-China trade deal.

By Reuters

Windmills in central Manitoba disappear into heavy smoke June 9, 2025. Wildfires in Manitoba and across Western Canada led to widespread air quality warnings through May and June 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

Sep. 23, 2025 at 10:02 am CDT

As Canada’s western provinces experience the second-worst wildfire season in decades, driven by hotter and drier conditions due to climate change, some canola farmers say they are seeing an unexpected benefit to the hazy summer skies.

By Reuters

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Sep. 22, 2025 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday after news that New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was detected 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, analysts said. Analysts believed the news would mean the U.S.-Mexico border will be closed to feeder cattle imports for […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

Sep. 22, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – soybeans fell to a six-week low on Monday, as a phone call last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping provided no signs of progress on negotiations over agricultural exports, analysts said. Wheat fell on expectations of plentiful global supplies. Corn also […]