Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybean futures were lower on Monday in choppy trade, pressured by the expanding Midwest harvest of both crops, but uncertainty about quarterly government stocks data due on Tuesday kept a floor under prices, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure
U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per […] Read more
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future
Reading Time: 3 minutes How can the treaty rights of Indigenous peoples be honoured in a way that gives them a proper seat at the table when it comes to farming in Canada?
Food and beverage makers’ sales predicted to slide on trade tensions: FCC
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian food and beverage makers have begun to feel the pinch of trade tensions with the U.S. according to a new forcast by Farm Credit Canada, which downgraded sales growth predictions from the start of the year.
More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
Klassen: Feeder market remains volatile
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending September 27, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10/cwt higher to $10/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier.
Under Trump, U.S. cedes its share of China’s beef market to Australia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian beef has replaced U.S. supply in China since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures stormed to contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday as smaller-than-expected U.S. inventory numbers stoked concerns about supplies, analysts said. The nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a […] Read more
Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta’s provincial harvest as of Sept. 23, 2025 was 78 per cent complete, said the province’s weekly crop report.
NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Farmers Union is pushing back against changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act that would narrow the scope of farmers’ right to save seed or propagate crops from cuttings and tubers.
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