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The sun begins to set on some spring wheat harvesting in southern Alberta.

Harvest begins in Manitoba: Report

Aug. 13, 2025 at 10:41 am CDT

Harvest operations are underway in Manitoba, according to the latest provincial crop report as of Aug. 12 noting that winter cereals and early spring grains and field peas were starting to come off the fields.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue gains, hogs slide

Aug. 12, 2025 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Canola Fields in Dufferin County, May 24, 2022

Chinese anti-dumping duties shut market to Canadian canola

Aug. 12, 2025 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Close up on a white steer poking its head through the fence at a feedlot in Alberta.

Klassen: Strong demand supports feeder complex

Aug. 12, 2025 at 2:51 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

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.

U.S. grains: Corn dives after USDA projects bin-busting US harvest, soybeans rise

Aug. 12, 2025 at 2:20 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Aug. 12, 2025 at 1:38 pm CDT

Record large corn and soybean yields are expected in the United States this year, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Aug. 12.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

Aug. 11, 2025 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures closed with small gains on Monday after Friday's fall. Lean hog futures were also up.

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally after Trump urges China to buy more U.S. beans

Aug. 11, 2025 at 3:01 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures rallied to a two-week high on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped China would quadruple its soybean buying from the United States and as forecasts of hot, dry U.S. weather sparked some concern about yields.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Trump urges China to quadruple soybean orders

Aug. 11, 2025 at 10:38 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged China to quadruple its soybean purchases ahead of a key tariff truce deadline, sending Chicago soybean prices higher, though analysts were quick to question the feasibility of any such deal.

By Chandni Shah Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters