Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentils and peas will be among those pulse crops facing challenges not only in January, but also for the rest of the 2025/26 marketing year and possibly beyond that, said Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges
Bird flu update: Dog dies in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported 52 bird flu-infected sites as of Dec. 30, 2025. Of those, 23 were in British Columbia.
Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no feeder cattle sales in Western Canada for the week ending January 3. However, there were some sales in the U.S. and the Canadian markets will follow suit once activity returns to normal. For example, at the Ozarks Regional Stockyards in West Plains, Missouri, weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers over 750 pounds […] Read more
EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal support
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Union has convened EU agriculture ministers for last-minute talks on Wednesday to convince Italy and other wavering member countries to sign up to a contentious free trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur.
China buys more US soybeans, total purchases near 10 million tons
Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s state stockpiler Sinograin bought 10 U.S. soybean cargoes this week, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, as the world’s top buyer continues purchasing from the United States following a late-October trade truce.
Brazil’s soy exports hit record in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave shows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean shipments from Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of the oilseed, hit a record of 108.68 million metric tons in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave published on Monday showed.
U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch October high on fund buying
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures reached their highest level since October on Monday amid annual adjustments by funds in commodity markets, brokers said. Fund buying at the start of the year also supported grain and soy futures at the Chicago Board of Trade. CME February lean hog futures LHG26 closed […] Read more
Major Brazilian grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact
Reading Time: 2 minutes A lobby group for Brazilian grain trading and crushing firms has told farming state Mato Grosso that it and many of its members are quitting a nearly 20-year-old pact protecting the Amazon basin from deforestation driven by soy farming.
U.S. grains: Broad buying lifts grain futures from multi-week lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. grain and soybean futures recovered from multi-week lows on Monday as broad-based buying and an influx of money from commodity funds boosted prices at the start of the year. Equities, metals and energy markets also advanced after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “In general, it’s a risk-on trade, […] Read more
Grocery code of conduct takes full effect
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canada Grocery Code, developed to promote transparency and fairness in the sector, took full effect on New Year’s Day.
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