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

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

By Jerry Klassen March 24, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 21, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10/cwt higher to $10/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. Backgrounded replacements were quite variable with sharper discounts noted on fleshier groups. The heifer discount to steers appeared to be wider in some cases but it was largely based on quality features. Calves […] Read more

A Pakistan Navy ship escorts a Pakistani merchant vessel, as part of a maritime security operation, named Muhafiz-ul-Bahr, as regional tensions threaten key sea routes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an unidentified location, released March 9, 2026, in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Photo: ISPR/Handout via REUTERS

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Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

By Reuters March 24, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Russia, which controls up to 40 per cent of the global trade in ammonium nitrate, said on Tuesday it will stop exports of the fertilizer for one month until April 21 to ensure sufficient supply during the spring planting season.

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were responsible for much of Canada’s annual average increase in farmland prices last year. Photo: File

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Farmland climbs higher in spite of headwinds: Farm Credit Canada report

By Robert Arnason March 24, 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutes In a year with trade disruptions, higher input costs and economic uncertainty, agricultural land in Canada continued to climb higher in value

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FCC raises inflation forecast on surging commodity prices

Canadian consumers may have little if any cushion remaining against future economic shocks, ag lender warns

By Geralyn Wichers March 23, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm Credit Canada has raised its 2026 forecast for overall inflation as commodity prices spike due to war in the Middle East.

Without naming China, USTR quoted a January speech by Greer in which he said that some countries structurally export more than they import to seek a “shortcut to growth at others’ expense.” Photo: kevinjeon00/Getty Images Plus

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U.S. urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat

By David Lawder, Reuters March 23, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Trump administration on Monday urged World Trade Organization members to rethink the body’s core principle of “Most Favored Nation” bound tariff rates, arguing in a new position paper that this has led to discriminatory practices and imbalanced trade, including with China.

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Speculators add to bullish bets in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 23, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute The speculative net long position in canola continues to grow, hitting its largest level in eight months according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday, March 20.

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EU crop monitor sees lower soft wheat and rapeseed yields in 2026

By Reuters March 23, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Crop monitoring service MARS said on Monday it expects the European Union’s average soft wheat yield to reach 5.98 tonnes per hectare this year, five per cent lower than in 2025.

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USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 20, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes As China heads into the 2026/27 marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attachés in Beijing projected a few minor to moderate changes in the country’s soybean, canola, corn and wheat crops.

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China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

By Reuters March 20, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s state planner on Friday said authorities will make timely adjustments to hog reserves and continue to strengthen the management of hog production capacity.

Borrowers from the Farm Credit Canada program will be able to receive a new or additional credit line of up to $500,000 to modify terms and to defer principal payments on existing loans. Photo: File

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Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

By Geralyn Wichers, Jonah Grignon March 20, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s federally backed farm lender is offering financial aid to farmers, agricultural businesses and food companies hit by the spike in fertilizer and energy prices, it said on Friday.

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“Major setback for global trade”: WTO suffers fresh blow after reform push hits wall

New U.S. biofuel rules please canola industry

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Daily news

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch

Farmland climbs higher in spite of headwinds: Farm Credit Canada report

FCC raises inflation forecast on surging commodity prices

U.S. urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat

Speculators add to bullish bets in canola

EU crop monitor sees lower soft wheat and rapeseed yields in 2026

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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