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AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports

Dec. 19, 2024 at 2:14 pm CST

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.

Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market

Dec. 19, 2024 at 10:54 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures tip down on profit-taking

Dec. 18, 2024 at 4:57 pm CST

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

ICE canola weekly outlook: U.S. biofuel uncertainty weighs

Dec. 18, 2024 at 3:59 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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CBOT Weekly: Chicago soy complex tumbles, grains weaken

Dec. 18, 2024 at 3:56 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans plummet to four-year low on Brazil crop outlook

Dec. 18, 2024 at 3:44 pm CST

Chicago soybean futures fell to a four-year low on Wednesday, pressured by bumper crop prospects in Brazil and a slide in soyoil prices after a proposed U.S. government spending bill failed to include support for biodiesel, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

China to promote modernization of farms in pledge to stabilize grain output

Dec. 18, 2024 at 10:37 am CST

China will accelerate the pace of agricultural and rural modernization and stabilize grain planting area in its quest to ensure stable and high production of grains, state media reported on Wednesday, citing an annual rural policy meeting.

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle up on expectations of tight supply

Dec. 17, 2024 at 4:57 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rose on Tuesday as market players anticipated a constricted supply of cattle and awaited a monthly cattle supply report later in the week, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024

Dec. 17, 2024 at 3:54 pm CST

Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit contract lows on strong South American harvest

Dec. 17, 2024 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago soybean futures sank to life-of-contract lows on Tuesday as favorable crop conditions in Brazil and weak Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans hung over the market, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters