Reading Time: 2 minutes European Union barley exports could reach a 10-year high this season as brisk feed demand overseas and reduced competition from the Black Sea region help the EU to shift a large harvest.
Export flurry boosts EU barley market to ease grain glut
OPINION: Glyphosate — What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite some conclusions that glyphosate poses no health risk, there have long been concerns regarding its impacts on the environment and human health, particularly from Indigenous communities.
U.S. grains: Soy rally continues after Trump says China to expand purchases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans extended gains on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said China had raised a target for U.S. soybean purchases under a trade truce. Corn and wheat ticked up with spillover support from soybeans, though a firmer dollar and easing weather concerns capped the cereal markets. Soybeans rallied […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall after strike authorization vote
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – CME live and feeder cattle futures stumbled on Thursday, breaking a three-day rally under pressure from a strike authorization vote at a JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado, analysts said. However, bullish fundamentals, including a tight cattle supply and the ongoing closure of the southern border to Mexican cattle imports, will […] Read more
U.S. farm income set to fall in 2026 despite surge in government payments
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Agriculture Department forecast on Thursday that U.S. net farm income would fall 0.7 per cent this year.
Feed grain weekly: Barley bids firm in early February
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some modest strength recently, although holding rangebound overall.
Carney wins admiration globally but struggles to lower food costs at home
Reading Time: 4 minutes Prime Minister Mark Carney has earned global admiration for openly declaring the end of a global order based on rules, but he has had far less success addressing a growing and more day-to-day concern at home: the rising cost of food.
CBOT Weekly: Additional soybean purchases strengthen U.S. soy
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were good gains for the Chicago soy complex during the week ended Feb. 4, due to positive news that Wednesday.
Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations
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.
ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices
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.
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