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China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions

Jun. 6, 2025 at 8:51 am CDT

China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.

U.S. livestock: August live, cattle contracts hit record highs

Jun. 5, 2025 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on U.S.-China trade optimism

Jun. 5, 2025 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

China blocks Canada’s request for review of Chinese duties on agriculture, fish

Jun. 5, 2025 at 9:45 am CDT

By Reuters

Pulse Canada president encouraged by first ministers’ statement

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Substantial prices gains for live, feeder cattle

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:32 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange made substantial gains on Wednesday, aided by a weaker United States dollar. The August live cattle contract gained US$2.600 per hundredweight and ended the day at US$212.350. The August feeder cattle contract rose by a similar amount, gaining US$2.650/cwt. to close at US$303.875. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat prices climb amid Ukraine-Russia unrest

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:16 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday as signs of a hardening conflict between Ukraine and Russia and worries about dryness in China appeared to spark a round of short-covering, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

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.

CBOT Weekly: Crop conditions raise spring wheat prices

Jun. 4, 2025 at 2:35 pm CDT

Spring wheat prices rose, while other prices were firmer or higher during the week ended June 4, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:37 am CDT

Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.

By Robert Arnason

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.

Jun. 4, 2025 at 11:16 am CDT

U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.

By Jasper Ward Reuters