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Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

May. 6, 2025 at 10:13 am CDT

For the week ending May 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. The heifer discount to steers continues to narrow. Steady buying interest from Ontario was noted in Manitoba and certain locations in Saskatchewan.

Mexico now top buyer of U.S. ag commodities

May. 6, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

By Sean Pratt

Semi truck drives near the Canadian border on a snowy day.

Canada’s trade deficit narrows in March

May. 6, 2025 at 9:58 am CDT

By Promit Mukherjee Reuters

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

U.S. livestock: Cattle set fresh highs, hogs dip

May. 5, 2025 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as traders await US-China trade talks

May. 5, 2025 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Canola seed pours from a combine into a grain cart.

Grain, oilseed millers’ sales, volumes projected to decline in 2025

May. 5, 2025 at 1:54 pm CDT

Grain and oilseed millers are predicted to see sales, volumes and margins decline in 2025 according to Farm Credit Canada's food and beverage report.

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: CME cattle gallop to new highs on record cash prices

May. 2, 2025 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures stormed to contract highs on Friday, as tight U.S. supplies drove cash prices to records this week, traders said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid hopes for easing US-China trade tensions

May. 2, 2025 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures closed higher on Friday amid hopes for a thaw in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China, the world's top importer of the oilseed, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

May. 2, 2025 at 3:17 pm CDT

Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.

By Sean Pratt

Damien C. Kurek poses with a tractor in a field at harvest.

Alberta MP to resign so Poilievre can run for seat

May. 2, 2025 at 3:03 pm CDT

Alberta farmer and Conservative MP Damien C. Kurek has announced he will resign so unseated party leader Pierre Poilievre can run in his riding in a by-election.

By Geralyn Wichers