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Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations

By Reuters, Trevor Hunnicutt, Xiuhao Chen February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes China is considering buying more U.S.-farmed soybeans, President Donald Trump said after what he called “very positive” talks with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, even as Beijing warned Washington about arms sales to Taiwan.

Canola, Markets

ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices

By Adam Peleshaty February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s upcoming lifting of tariffs and rising soyoil prices lifted Canadian canola values for the week ended Feb. 4, 2026.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans jump to two-month high on Trump comments

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures hit a two-month high on Wednesday following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about China buying more U.S. soybeans, traders said. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said China is “lifting the Soybean count to 20 Million Tons for the current season […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue rally on bullish fundamentals

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters February 4, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – CME live and feeder cattle futures rose for the third day in a row on Wednesday, on continued support from a tight cattle supply and the ongoing closure of the southern border to Mexican cattle imports, traders said. CME April live cattle LCJ26 finished 0.175 cent higher at 241.80 cents per […] Read more

King’s Bench justice Michael Lema, in a written decision, found that Sunterra and Ray Price participated in a cheque-kiting scheme that cost Compeer Financial $35 million. Photo: File

Court finds Sunterra liable to U.S. lender

By Karen Briere February 4, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Alberta court has ruled that Sunterra owes Compeer Financial $35 million after undertaking fraudulent behaviour in its U.S. operations.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Above-average temperatures across Prairies

By Daniel Bezte February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Feb. 4 to 11 forecast looks mostly warm across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba with chances of light precipitation in Manitoba.

Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie CWRS wheat bids mixed to start February

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 4, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids held relatively steady during the week ended Feb. 3, with small price declines in some areas and increases in others.

U.S. bankers reported a nearly 40 per cent jump in new farm operating loans in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, according to a Federal Reserve survey. Photo: Getty Images Plus

News, Reuters

Former U.S. agriculture officials, top Republican senator warn of farm country trouble

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes The chair of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee warned on Tuesday that farmers were suffering heavy losses, while more than two dozen former industry leaders sounded the alarm about the risk of a “widespread collapse of American agriculture” ahead of a $12 billion government bailout expected to reach growers this month.

Markets, News

Bunge forecasts 2026 profit below estimates on macroeconomic uncertainty

By Karl Plume, Pooja Menon, Reuters February 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bunge Global on Wednesday reported a 2026 profit outlook below analysts’ expectations.

Crops, News

Canola industry pumped about 45Z clean fuel ruling in U.S.

By Sean Pratt February 3, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s canola sector is pleased with the new 45Z guidance published by U.S. Treasury.

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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