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In a monthly report, the consultancy put EU soft wheat exports at 27.1 million metric tons, down from 27.6 million last month. Photo: Greg Berg

Expana cuts EU wheat, barley export outlook due to Middle East war

By Reuters 5 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Consultancy Expana lowered its forecast for European Union soft wheat exports in the 2025/26 season for a fifth consecutive month after reducing projected wheat and barley shipments to the Middle East due to the war in the region, it said on Thursday.

For 2026, farmers are unlikely to change their planting plans despite hikes in fertilizer prices. However, a provincial ag official said if changes were made, they would most likely be to soybeans or pulses. Photo: Greg Berg

Cereals, Crops, Markets, News, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans

Manitoba farmers not too likely to change planting plans

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 5 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba farmers won’t be too inclined this spring to switch from planting cereals and oilseeds to soybeans or pulses, despite recent hikes in fertilizer prices said an official with Manitoba Agriculture.

Total exports fell by 4.7 per cent in January, the largest drop since April last year. Exports declined in six out of 11 categories, StatsCan said. File photo

Markets, Reuters

Canada’s trade deficit widened in January, missing consensus estimates

By Promit Mukherjee, Reuters 5 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s trade deficit in January surprisingly widened as exports fell more than imports, led by a meaningful drop in shipments of motor vehicles and parts, data showed on Thursday.

Western Canadian cash prices for wheat and durum stepped back during the week ended March 10, 2026, largely due to a stronger Canadian dollar. | Greg Berg photo

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Rising loonie pushes down cash prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 6 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cash prices for Western Canadian wheat and durum stepped back during the week ended March 11, pushed lower by a stronger Canadian dollar.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Arctic air dominates the forecast

By Daniel Bezte 6 days ago

Reading Time: 4 minutes For this forecast period, it appears we will need to wait a little longer for spring to arrive. Weather models continue to show a northwesterly flow across the region, but this time the dividing line between mild and cold air has shifted slightly farther south. As a result, near to below-average temperatures are expected across much of the Prairies.

Opponents of the Kansas bill distrust the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s assessment that glyphosate pesticides such as Bayer’s Roundup product are not likely to cause cancer, while proponents fear that the widely used pesticide will be made more expensive or pulled from the market. Photo: Fotokostic/Getty Images Plus

News, Reuters

Bayer takes its multi-front battle on pesticide liability to Kansas

By Reuters March 10, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kansas lawmakers were set to take up a bill on Tuesday backed by Bayer that would prevent people from suing pesticide manufacturers for not warning them that their products could cause cancer or other illnesses.

Crops, Lentils, Markets, News, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: More Saskatchewan pulse acres very likely in 2026/27

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 10, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Due to high fertilizer prices, there’s a strong possibility that Saskatchewan farmers will plant more pulses this spring, said Dale Risula, provincial specialist for pulse crops with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.

Crops, Markets

USDA makes few changes in domestic figures

By Adam Peleshaty March 10, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Few changes were made to domestic balance sheets in the USDA’s monthly supply/demand estimates released on March 10.

Cattle being sold at the Gladstone Auction Mart in Gladstone, Manitoba, on October 28, 2025. Photo: File

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder market incorporates risk discount

By Jerry Klassen March 10, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 7, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5-$10/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. The market held value on Monday and Tuesday but then softened in the latter part of the week. Strength in the feed grains complex along with weaker deferred live cattle futures set a negative tone. Feedlot […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS workers to strike at U.S. beef plant as consumers face record prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek March 10, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes About 3,800 JBS meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, plan to go on strike starting on March 16, the workers’ union said on Monday, crippling production at one of the largest U.S. beef plants as consumers face record-high prices.

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