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

May. 5, 2025 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures gained fresh highs on Monday while lean hog futures slumped.

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

By Geralyn Wichers

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

May. 2, 2025 at 4:57 pm CDT

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

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

USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26

May. 2, 2025 at 2:10 pm CDT

At 35.67 million tonnes of all wheat in 2025/26, the United States Department Agriculture attache in Ottawa came in 1.12 million tonnes more than the preliminary estimate from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices mixed on lower U.S. futures

May. 2, 2025 at 1:11 pm CDT

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mixed during the week ended May 1, while those for amber durum fell back.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Seasonal outlook points to hot Canadian spring/summer

May. 2, 2025 at 11:44 am CDT

Warmer than normal temperatures are to be expected across most of Canada over the next three months, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada as of April 30.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin