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ADM to pay $40 million in U.S. SEC settlement, avoids criminal charges

By Chris Prentice, Karl Plume, Reuters January 28, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutes Grain trader Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has agreed to pay a $40 million (C$54.2 million) civil penalty to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it inflated the performance of a key business segment.

News

Canadian Food Inspection Agency hit by job cuts

By Karen Briere January 28, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes The union representing most of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff warned of potential food safety concerns after workers learned of coming job cuts.

Economists and markets are divided on where monetary policy is headed this year. Photo: Getty Images Plus

Markets, News, Reuters

Bank of Canada holds rates, says hard to predict future moves

By David Ljunggren, Promit Mukherjee, Reuters January 28, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its policy rate at 2.25 per cent, as widely expected, and Governor Tiff Macklem said the high level of uncertainty made it difficult to predict when and how rates might next change.

The Canadian Centre of Agricultural Wellbeing launched its third national farmer and rancher mental health survey.

News

National survey of farmer and rancher mental health launches

By Diana Martin January 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing has launched its third National Survey of Farmer and Rancher Mental Health in Canada.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as dollar hits four-year low

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 27, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures crept higher on Tuesday and wheat finished nearly unchanged as a sliding dollar underpinned prices. Corn futures ended slightly lower. The drop in the dollar index, which sank near a four-year low, helped to steady grain prices after a pullback on Monday, making U.S. crops look cheaper overseas, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat, hogs rise

By Geralyn Wichers January 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures retreated on Tuesday as regions of the U.S. reopened following snowstorms. “Weather impacts on the cattle market should begin to loosen up starting today as the region thaws,” StoneX said in a note. Most-active April live cattle futures lost 0.600 cents to close at 237.400 cents a pound. June contracts closed at […] Read more

News

Canada must resist EU non-tariff trade barriers says Grains Council

By Alexis Kienlen January 27, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada should lead like-minded countries to protect agricultural markets from non-tariff barriers based in politics rather than science, the Canadian Grains Council said in a new report.

Photo: Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images

Markets, News, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Spike in yellow peas slowing

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 27, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Although the price increases for Canadian yellow peas have started to slow, there could be more of the peas planted come spring, said Kress Schmidt, broker with Johnston Grains in Calgary.

Crops, News

Bayer to build Winnipeg canola research site

By Geralyn Wichers January 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer will build at $45 million canola research and development centre in Winnipeg the company announced on Monday.

News, Reuters

Russia targets seeds market as traditional export customers boost grains production

By Reuters, Sarah El Safty January 27, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, will target global markets with its seeds and technologies as its grain markets are expected to shrink with other countries raising production, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said on Tuesday.

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

Daily news

ADM to pay $40 million in U.S. SEC settlement, avoids criminal charges

Canadian Food Inspection Agency hit by job cuts

Bank of Canada holds rates, says hard to predict future moves

National survey of farmer and rancher mental health launches

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as dollar hits four-year low

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat, hogs rise

Canada must resist EU non-tariff trade barriers says Grains Council

Pulse Weekly: Spike in yellow peas slowing

Bayer to build Winnipeg canola research site

Russia targets seeds market as traditional export customers boost grains production

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