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Wheat is straight cut as combines hit the fields to harvest in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025.

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

Oct. 7, 2025 at 4:39 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up as market weighs crops, U.S.-China ties

Oct. 7, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

Pulse Weekly: Good yields for Manitoba peas, beans

Oct. 7, 2025 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

‘Nothing bullish’ for sliding oats market

Oct. 7, 2025 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Immigrant farmworker picking produce in the field.

Thirty-six employers banned from Temporary Foreign Worker program, federal agency says

Oct. 7, 2025 at 2:33 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Hind quarters of beef hanging in a cooler.

Tyson, Cargill to pay $88 million to consumers in U.S. beef price-fixing lawsuit

Oct. 7, 2025 at 11:39 am CDT

Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million (C$122.1 million) to settle a federal lawsuit brought by consumers who accused the companies of conspiring to inflate U.S. beef prices by restricting supply.

By Mike Scarcella Reuters

A group of cattle rest by a coulee early in the morning following a big rain near Fairview, Alta.

Klassen: Highs in place for the feeder market

Oct. 7, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

For the week ending October 4, Western Canadian grass yearling markets traded steady to $5-$8/cwt lower on average compared to seven days earlier. Backgrounded yearlings were down $5-$12/cwt. Calf markets were down $5 to $10/cwt from a week earlier. There was an influx of calves over the past week which […]

By Jerry Klassen

Trump bailout for trade-hit U.S. farmers expected this week

Oct. 7, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

The Trump administration is expected to announce a plan as soon as Tuesday to bail out U.S. farmers stung by trade disputes and big harvests, with the initial outlay potentially totaling up to $15 billion (C$20.9 billion), according to sources familiar with the matter.

By Bo Erickson Leah Douglas Reuters

Bangladesh approves U.S. wheat imports, hoping to ease trade tensions

Oct. 7, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

Bangladesh has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat under a government-to-government deal aimed at easing trade tensions with Washington after import tariffs were imposed.

By Reuters

cattle and a barbed wire fence at sunset

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed

Oct. 6, 2025 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures closed sharply up on Monday while lean hog futures were mixed. “Two large trades were seen at two different levels in the feeder cattle market, suggesting this may have been a short covering rally,” wrote analyst Christopher B. Swift. Most-active November feeders closed at 360.800 cents a […]

By Geralyn Wichers