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U.S. grains: Soy futures pull back as Brazil harvest advances

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters February 9, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on profit taking after a rally last week drove prices to a two-month high well above $11 a bushel, tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that China may buy more beans from the United States. The expanding harvest of a record-large Brazilian soybean crop […] Read more

(left to right): Sam Hamam (McDonald’s Canada), Kristine Tapley (Cargill), Laura Buss (CRSB youth councillor), Ryan Beierbach (CRSB chair). Photo: CRSB

Livestock

McDonald’s, Cargill fund youth councillor position with Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

By Jeff Melchior February 9, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s youth councillor will be supported in her role with funding from McDonalds’s Canada and Cargill.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs fall as traders watch other commodities

By Geralyn Wichers February 9, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures eked out gains on Monday while hog contracts slipped back. Most-active April live cattle futures closed at 238.200 cents a pound, up 0.950 cents. June contracts gained 0.475 cents to settle at 234.325 cents. Most-traded March feeder cattle contracts closed at 367.450 cents per pound, up 0.025 cents. April feeders settled at […] Read more

Canadian spent 10.8 per cent of their disposable income on food and beverages in 2025 compared to 10.7 per cent in 2024. Photo: Hispanolistic/IStock/Getty Images

News

Canadians worked first 39 days of 2026 to pay for year’s grocery bill says CFA

By Geralyn Wichers February 9, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunday marked “Food Freedom Day,” the date by which the average Canadian household earned enough money to cover its annual grocery bill as per calculations from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

Tariffs for canola seed are to drop to a combined rate of about 15 per cent from the current combined rate of 84 per cent. Photo: Greg Berg

Markets

Funds exiting short positions in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 9, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders reduced their net short position in canola futures for the fourth straight week in the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday.

News, Reuters

Biodiversity loss a risk to global economy, IPBES report says

By Reuters, Simon Jessop February 9, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Biodiversity loss is emerging as a systemic risk to the global economy and financial stability, a landmark report said on Monday, urging companies to act now or potentially face extinction themselves.

Economists have said increased U.S. imports of Argentine beef will likely be too small to significantly lower costs for grocery store shoppers, but the shipments could help improve margins for food companies. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trump signs proclamation increasing Argentine beef imports

By Reuters, Tom Polansek February 9, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation to hike the country’s low-tariff imports of Argentine beef, though economists have said the attempt to lower costs for American consumers will likely have little impact on prices.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters February 6, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybeans continued a three-day rally on Friday, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s remarks on Wednesday that China would buy more U.S. soybeans. Corn and wheat chopped up and down, though ample global supply continued to curb grain prices while traders turned their attention to a U.S. Department […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher on tight supply

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters February 6, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – CME live and feeder cattle futures finished higher on Friday, on the back of a tight cattle supply and the continued closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to cattle imports. CME April live cattle LCJ26 finished 51.65 cents to end at 237.25 cents per pound, while March feeder cattle FCH26 finished 3.35 […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets, News, Peas, Pulses

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 6, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes As pulse growers consider what to plant this spring, Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodities Research said there is some optimism in the Canadian pulse market. Penner gave a presentation at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers meeting in Swift Current on Feb. 4.

Daily Network News

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

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