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U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market weighs China prospects

Oct. 2, 2025 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures ticked higher on Thursday, continuing the previous day’s rebound as the market assessed chances for a resumption in Chinese demand following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Two people look over a wire fence at an ostrich.

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

Oct. 2, 2025 at 2:36 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed barley under pressure, watching to see ‘who blinks first’

Oct. 2, 2025 at 2:29 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Good progress made in Sask. harvest

Oct. 2, 2025 at 1:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Faster growth for farmland values in first half of 2025 says FCC

Oct. 2, 2025 at 12:19 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the press, on the day of U.S.-China talks on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025.

U.S. to support soybean farmers amid China lag, expect news Tuesday, Bessent says

Oct. 2, 2025 at 9:40 am CDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday the federal government would support American farmers in light of China’s refusal to buy U.S. soybeans amidst a trade war between the countries.

By Reuters

Dairy cows at the feed trough. PHOTO: DIANA MARTIN

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

Oct. 1, 2025 at 5:48 pm CDT

Globe and Mail article suggests U.S. dairy access to Canada is back as a topic of conversation in Ottawa

By Jeff Melchior

View of cattle's backs through the bars of a gate.

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

Oct. 1, 2025 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures traded both sides of unchanged on Wednesday as mixed-to-weaker cash markets and a continued tight supply of cattle buffeted futures, analysts said. Industry experts said the U.S.-Mexico border is likely to be closed to cattle imports for the foreseeable future as […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

Oct. 1, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

China is expected to import one million tonnes less of canola in 2025/26 than in the previous marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Beijing projected. China was projected to acquire 3.10 million tonnes of canola this year versus 4.10 million in 2024/25.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE Weekly: Canola could relive March lows: analyst

Oct. 1, 2025 at 3:21 pm CDT

Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange are being pressured by the harvest and a lack of export demand. One analyst said they could fall to their March lows.

By Adam Peleshaty