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Feed Grain Weekly: Tariff fears on cattle leads to weak demand

Apr. 9, 2025 at 2:18 pm CDT

As tariff issues continue to hover around the globe, there has been a sharp reduction in the number of cattle in Canadian feedlots, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. And that has reduced the demand for feed grains in Western Canada to a trickle.

Pulse Weekly: Cash prices hold firm

Apr. 8, 2025 at 1:19 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

A tractor and seeder backlit by the spring sun.

Seed groups agree to form modernization advisory committee

Apr. 8, 2025 at 12:02 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

A field of young corn plants in front of a sunset.

Even more corn in China, Brazil say attachés

Apr. 7, 2025 at 1:27 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mixed

Apr. 4, 2025 at 11:02 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

No new U.S. tariffs on Canadian canola ‘welcome news’

Apr. 4, 2025 at 10:14 am CDT

No new tariffs on Canadian canola products means some relief for Canadian canola farmers, though uncertainty remains, say Canada's national canola organizations.

By Jonah Grignon

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: Soy takes hardest hit with Trump tariffs

Apr. 3, 2025 at 1:14 pm CDT

The day after the so-called 'Liberation Day' the Chicago Board of Trade was experiencing a mixed reaction, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed Grains Weekly: Barley waning, wheat on the rise

Apr. 2, 2025 at 2:00 pm CDT

While feed barley prices are generally flat across the Prairies, those for feed wheat are climbing, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse Weekly: Trade needs to be at forefront says Pulse Canada

Apr. 1, 2025 at 11:10 am CDT

Pulse Canada says it wants trade policy to be at the forefront of the federal election. The organization that represents pulse growers, traders and processors noted that more than 85 per cent of the pulses produced in Canada are destined for export.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

More corn to be seeded, USDA forecasts

Mar. 31, 2025 at 1:53 pm CDT

As expected, there's to be an increase in corn plantings this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated in its prospective planting report released on March 31. As well, the USDA reduced soybean and all wheat plantings.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm