Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2025 crop year was an average year for hail across the Canadian Prairies, with overall claim numbers down slightly compared to last year, reported the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA).
Mixed year for hail claims across Prairies: CCHA
CBOT weekly: Trade talks in focus
Reading Time: < 1 minute Optimism over thawing trade relations between the United States and China gave soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade a boost during the week ended Oct. 29, with the advances in the soy market spilling into corn and wheat.
Organic groups release public-private action plan for sector growth
Reading Time: 2 minutes A coalition of Canadian organic groups are asking the federal government to adopt their public-private plan for sector growth and competativeness.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: U.S. futures lift Western Canadian bids
Reading Time: 2 minutes A rally in U.S. soybean futures spilled over into wheat on both sides of the border during the week ended Oct. 28, 2025.
Mexico agriculture secretary says still no date for restarting cattle exports to U.S.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said on Wednesday that Mexico and the United States have not yet set a date to resume Mexican cattle exports amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite.
Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forecast issued October 29, covering Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, 2025 Highlights: Overview I can’t say last week’s forecast played out exactly as expected — but that’s not too surprising. Overall confidence was on the low side. While the models did a decent job with the big picture, a few smaller details didn’t line up. […] Read more
China buys U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures reached their highest in 15 months on Tuesday, briefly topping $11 a bushel on optimism that the U.S. could reach a trade deal with China as leaders from both countries are expected to meet in South Korea on Thursday.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices to stay steady, says broker
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prices are expected to stay flat, according to a Lethbridge-based broker.
U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago live cattle futures leveled out to finish on either side of unchanged, Tuesday, after days of precipitous declines. Feeders continued to fall. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 226.575 cents a pound, down 0.600 cents. February contracts rose by 0.100 cents to settle at 224.100 cents per pound. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures […] Read more
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