Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian pulse exports were down in June, but remain solid with one month left in the 2024-25 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada.
Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month
Exports for 2024-25 remain solid
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge, hogs up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures surged on Tuesday to sit just under highs. Hog contracts also made gains.
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures plunged to contract lows on Tuesday to approach their lowest point since 2020 as sinking corn futures and seasonal supply pressure from Northern Hemisphere harvests weighed on the market, traders said.
Klassen: Feeder market in price discovery mode
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending August 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $10 higher. Quality yearling packages off grass were up as much as $15 in some cases. Prices for similar weight cattle were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard to define. The market appears to be in price discovery mode for the grass yearling market.
Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use
Farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches.
ADM Q2 profit falls to 5-year low amid trade turmoil
Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer-Daniels-Midland posted its lowest second-quarter profit in five years on Tuesday as U.S. trade upheaval and uncertainty around biofuel policies slowed sales and crimped trading and crop processing margins.
Canada’s trade deficit widened to C$5.9 billion in June
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened in June to C$5.9 billion as imports grew faster than exports due to a one-time high-value oil equipment import, data showed on Tuesday.
Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected
Cool temperatures, rains support projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cooler temperatures and rainfall in Alberta supported projected higher-than-normal crop yields, according to the province's crop report released on Aug. 1, 2025.
U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures rebounded on Friday from a steep drop during the previous session.
U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished flat on Friday but notched a second consecutive weekly decline as ample global supplies, favorable U.S. weather and weak Chinese demand hung over the market.
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