Reading Time: < 1 minute Movement in feed grain prices remained largely at a standstill across Western Canada due to the looming threat of tariffs by the Trump administration, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.
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Feed Grains Weekly: Tariffs ‘an unknown situation’ says broker
Barley, wheat prices largely unchanged
Upswings in most December grain deliveries
Declines in rye, flax
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deliveries of major grains increased from December to December, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Jan. 29.
Buenos Aires desk cuts Argentine corn, bumps up wheat
Crops affected differently by weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Argentina continues to face dry conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires cut their estimate for the country's 2024/25 corn crop. Meanwhile the attaché bumped up their call on the Argentine wheat harvest, which was recently completed.
Prairie spring wheat rise with U.S. futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Jan. 23, as a rally in the United States futures provided support.
Feed grain update: Barley steady as corn rises
Higher U.S. corn prices limiting imports
Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed barley prices in Western Canada were holding relatively steady in mid-January, despite rising corn prices south of the border.
AAFC forecasts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers will plant more wheat and coarse grains in 2025 at the expense of oilseeds, according to the first supply/demand projections for the 2025/26 marketing year from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Jan. 20.
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Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU
Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures retreat on profit-taking
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent on Thursday as forecasts for much-needed rains in dry areas of Argentina's crop belt and expectations of a massive Brazilian soy harvest sparked a round of profit-taking, analysts said.
IGC trims global corn forecast
Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday cut its forecast for 2024/25 global corn production, largely reflecting a downward revision for the United States.
Feed Grain Weekly: Room to rise for feed barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rising United States corn futures and a weaker Canadian dollar have given Western Canadian feed grain prices a lift.
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