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CWRS bids weaken, but basis improves

May. 16, 2025 at 3:05 pm CDT

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended May 15, as losses in the United States futures weighed on values. However, weakness in the Canadian dollar was supportive and basis levels improved.

Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans

May. 16, 2025 at 11:45 am CDT

By Ana Mano Isabel Teles Reuters roberto-samora

U.S. livestock: Futures fall, boxed beef prices up

May. 15, 2025 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop from 10-month high as biofuel guidance pressures soyoil

May. 15, 2025 at 3:02 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Heath MacDonald, left, is sworn in as federal agriculture minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa May

New agriculture minister hopes to engage farmers

May. 15, 2025 at 1:39 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

A group of cattle in an Alberta feedlot in the summer.

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still in demand at feedlots

May. 15, 2025 at 11:54 am CDT

Feed barley is still in demand at feedlots in Lethbridge, but prices will remain steady for the time being, according to a Saskatoon-area trader.

By Adam Peleshaty

A tractor and seeder backlit by the spring sun.

Seeding at halfway mark in Saskatchewan

May. 15, 2025 at 11:47 am CDT

Favourable weather has allowed Saskatchewan farmers to make good seeding progress, with 49 per cent of intended acres in the ground as of May 12, according to the latest provincial report. That's up from 31 per cent the previous week and compares with the five-year average of 32 per cent.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Deere tops second-quarter estimates, trims annual profit forecast

May. 15, 2025 at 11:22 am CDT

Deere & Co cut the lower end of its annual profit forecast on Thursday but topped Wall Street expectations for second-quarter results aided by cost-saving measures and inventory management, sending its shares up five per cent.

By Reuters

New ag minister named for Newfoundland and Labrador

May. 15, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

Lisa Dempster, the MHA for the southeastern Labrador riding of Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair, was sworn in on May 9 as the province's minister for fisheries, forestry and agriculture.

By Dave Bedard