Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle and hog prices at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday showed increases of varying degrees. United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that certain imports from Mexico which fall under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement will see tariffs delayed until April 2. Canada was also included in the official amendment after the markets closed. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb to end week
U.S. livestock: Mixed movement in meat futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Cattle prices showed small declines while hog prices sharply rose at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. United States President Donald Trump announced that certain imports from Mexico which fall under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement will see tariffs delayed until April 2. Canada was also included in the official amendment […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog markets bounce back
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States cattle and hog markets were two of many that rebounded on Wednesday one day after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports. Canada and China have already enacted retaliatory tariffs while Mexico will announce its plans by March 9. The April live cattle contract rose 1.900 U.S. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound, hogs hit six-month low
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle and hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange went in opposite directions on Tuesday as United States President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog prices hit multi-month lows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange came out of the weekend in a similar way to how they entered it, showing downward momentum. Meanwhile, the United States prepares to issue tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports starting tomorrow. The April live cattle contract dropped 0.400 U.S. cents per pound to end Monday at […] Read more
Hail, strong winds damage Prairie crops
Reading Time: < 1 minute A series of storms left a path of destruction in all three Prairie provinces from Aug. 19 to 25. More than one million acres were either damaged or destroyed by the storms bringing hail and strong winds, leading to more than 2,800 claims of crop damage, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA). “This […] Read more
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Most Western Canadian wheat bids rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian wheat bids were mostly higher during the week ended Sept. 5, following the lead of United States wheat futures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the country’s spring wheat harvest to be 70 per cent complete as of the start of September, matching the five-year average and being two points ahead of last […] Read more
Feed Weekly: More grain to enter feed markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley and feed wheat are in no short supply on the Prairies, according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. He has recently seen light test-weight barley and wheat coming from various places in Western Canada being shipped to feedlots. Beusekom added the feed grains were coming from “almost everywhere […] Read more
Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest nearly one-quarter complete
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba’s harvest continued to progress, reaching 24 per cent completion as of Sept. 2 despite light to moderate precipitation in most areas, according to the latest provincial crop report. Combining for winter wheat and fall rye was near complete at 97 per cent with a few fields in the northwest and Interlake regions yet to […] Read more
Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the 2024-25 crop year, 70 per […] Read more
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