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Mar. 12, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

Canadian farmers intend to plant more wheat and less canola in 2025, according to the first survey-based estimates for the upcoming growing season from Statistics Canada released March 12. Area seeded to corn, oats and peas is also expected to rise, while soybeans, barley and lentils are forecast to lose acres.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm CDT

No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 11, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday for a third straight session, coming under pressure from hefty South American supplies hitting the global market and uncertainty over how U.S. tariffs will affect domestic demand, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters

Mar. 11, 2025 at 3:16 pm CDT

Chicago mercantile exchange cattle ended mixed on Tuesday as the USDA raised its beef production forecast.

By Geralyn Wichers

Mar. 11, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

Zhengzhou Exchange on Tuesday raised the trading margin requirements for some rapeseed (canola) meal futures contracts to 9 per cent from seven per cent after Beijing's 100 per cent tariff on Canadian imports triggered a two-day rally that pushed prices to a five-month high.

By Ella Cao, Mei Mei Chu, Reuters