Daily News

U.S. FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

Apr. 21, 2025 at 4:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. The suspension is another disruption to the […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

Apr. 21, 2025 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured as Trump attacks Federal Reserve chair

Apr. 21, 2025 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Cropland threatened by toxic metals: study

Apr. 21, 2025 at 11:25 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

a man cooking beef brisket on a barbecue in a restaurant in Beijing, China

US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

Apr. 21, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

By Ella Cao Josh Arslan

Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

Apr. 21, 2025 at 9:10 am CDT

Farmers from across Canada weighed shared perspectives on the upcoming 2025 federal election. In part one, they talk Trump, tariffs and trade tensions.

By April Stewart Geralyn Wichers Stew Slater Zak McLachlan

Photo of canola fields bisected by a gravel road.

Ratio of rent to value for Canadian farmland stable in 2024

Apr. 17, 2025 at 4:49 pm CDT

The ratio of farmland rental prices to farmland value was similar in 2024 compared to 2023, but renting extended its cash flow advantage over ownership, Farm Credit Canada reported.

By Geralyn Wichers

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Wheat up on US Plains dryness, soybeans fall on profit taking

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures rose on Thursday, supported by concerns that forecasted rain will not be enough to alleviate dryness in some U.S. wheat production regions, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as USDA reports decline in inventory; hogs gain

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago live cattle and feeder contracts rose on Thursday as the USDA's cattle on feed report showed cattle inventory down two per cent compared to one year ago.

By Geralyn Wichers

AAFC tweaks monthly data, but holds canola exports

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:41 pm CDT

Although Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several small revisions to its April supply and demand report compared to the previous month, it did not alter any of its canola numbers.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm