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ICE canola weekly outlook: Weather to drive market

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

Weather conditions across the Canadian Prairies will likely be a major driver of the canola futures market in the weeks ahead, as attention shifts from the tight old crop supply situation to the prospects for the new crop.

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CBOT Weekly: Crop conditions raise spring wheat prices

Jun. 4, 2025 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:37 am CDT

By Robert Arnason

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

By Jasper Ward Reuters

seeding near Selkirk, Man. on May 8, 2025-gberg

Spring planting in Manitoba close to finished

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:04 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals

Jun. 4, 2025 at 9:47 am CDT

French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.

By Inti Landauro Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

Prairie forecast: Summer pattern making forecast difficult

Jun. 4, 2025 at 9:36 am CDT

We start this forecast period off with an area of low pressure over far northern Manitoba that is slowly moving off into Hudson Bay. To the west, an area of low pressure is developing over the Yukon which is helping to develop a weak ridge of high pressure over Alberta. Over southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba weak high pressure is in place.

By Daniel Bezte

Ukraine corn exports seen falling sharply in June, producers union says

Jun. 4, 2025 at 9:04 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian corn exports are set to fall to one million metric tons in June from two million tons in May, as Ukraine-origin corn is uncompetitive compared to its American equivalent, producers’ union UAC said on Wednesday. Ukraine is a traditional corn grower and exporter and exports […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Pulse Weekly: India grants 10-month extension on duty-free yellow peas

Jun. 3, 2025 at 3:37 pm CDT

There is some good news for the Canadian pulse industry after months of doldrums as the Indian government extended its duty-free period on its imports of yellow peas by 10 months. The Indian government made the announcement late in the day on May 30.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog prices ease off

Jun. 3, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Cattle prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange slipped back on Tuesday despite earlier gains. The August live cattle contract rose to US$212.850 per hundredweight during the day, but eventually closed at US$209.750, a loss of US$1.250 compared to Monday’s close. The August feeder cattle contract also reached its highest price […]

By Adam Peleshaty