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U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy rebound after Trump announces meeting with Xi

Oct. 1, 2025 at 3:08 pm CDT

Chicago soy futures rebounded on Wednesday from below the psychological $10 threshold after U.S. President Donald Trump said soybeans will be a major topic of discussion when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in four weeks.

CBOT Weekly: Trading being guided by emotions

Oct. 1, 2025 at 2:51 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba harvest 72 per cent done: report

Oct. 1, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Larvae of the screwworm fly, collected from infected cows, are observed at the COPEG sterile fly production plant, which fights the spread of the cattle screwworm, in Pacora, Panama, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

Mexico sees 32 per cent jump in flesh-eating screwworm cases since August as cases move north

Oct. 1, 2025 at 2:06 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison Reuters

New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan

Oct. 1, 2025 at 2:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Some of the last fall foliage clings to trees in eastern Manitoba in late October. PHOTO: GERALYN WICHERS

Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain

Oct. 1, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

The big question leading into this forecast period is — just how long will the summery temperatures will continue? After all we are now into October.

By Daniel Bezte

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

Sep. 29, 2025 at 4:34 pm CDT

U.S. corn and soybean futures were lower on Monday in choppy trade, pressured by the expanding Midwest harvest of both crops, but uncertainty about quarterly government stocks data due on Tuesday kept a floor under prices, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters

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

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

Sep. 29, 2025 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Attendees of the Indigenous Farm and Food Festival in Batoche, Sask., get a look at a bison herd in late September 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Sep. 29, 2025 at 3:37 pm CDT

How can the treaty rights of Indigenous peoples be honoured in a way that gives them a proper seat at the table when it comes to farming in Canada?

By Miranda Leybourne

Canned fish factory. Food industry. Sardines in red tomato sauce in tinned cans at food factory. Food processing production line. Food manufacturing industry. Many can of sardines on a conveyor belt.

Food and beverage makers’ sales predicted to slide on trade tensions: FCC

Sep. 29, 2025 at 2:35 pm CDT

Canadian food and beverage makers have begun to feel the pinch of trade tensions with the U.S. according to a new forcast by Farm Credit Canada, which downgraded sales growth predictions from the start of the year.

By Geralyn Wichers