Reading Time: 2 minutes China's appetite for soybeans is likely to weaken during the peak U.S. marketing season later this year, as record imports earlier in 2025 and tepid demand from animal feed producers have pushed up soymeal inventories at home, trade sources said.
China’s soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season
Potash miner K+S reports Q2 core profit miss, confirms 2025 guidance
Reading Time: < 1 minute German potash and salt miner K+S, which has a site at Bethune, Saskatchewan, on Tuesday reported second-quarter core profit below expectations but reaffirmed its 2025 guidance.
Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop supports Canadian feeder cattle market
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending July 26, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Yearlings off grass weighing 900 pounds plus were very strong and may have been up $3 to $5 from the previous week.
U.S. grains: Corn futures hit two-week low; soy slides, wheat steadies
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures hit a two-week low on Monday and soybeans also fell as market players continued to brace for large crops and forecasts called for milder, non-threatening weather in the Midwest production belt.
U.S. complaints about protectionist Canadian dairy policy hypocritical, report argues
American, Canadian dairy sectors employ similar protectionist tactics says Mussell
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite criticisms of Canadian dairy policy, the American dairy industry has many of the same protectionist tendencies Canada does, writes Al Mussell in a new policy paper.
Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché
Less area to harvest, reduced yields
Reading Time: < 1 minute With dry conditions in Australia’s southern production regions, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra projected reduced wheat production for 2025/26. The attaché wrote in their report released on July 28 that Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria had low soil moisture levels going into wheat planting and there was below-average autumn rains.
U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on low herd numbers, hogs mostly up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures continued to climb on Monday after reports on Friday showed a smaller herd than expected. Hogs settled mostly higher.
Federal agriculture minister to visit Indo-Pacific to talk trade
Reading Time: < 1 minute Federal agriculture minister Heath MacDonald is headed to Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines to promote Canadian agricultural trade interests.
B.C. farmers to receive increased AgriStability supports
Government sites extreme weather, trade concerns for increased funding
Reading Time: < 1 minute B.C. farmers to receive bump in AgriStability compensations due to weather concerns, international trade instability
USDA attaché sees Canadian wheat production holding firm
Drought, trade issues to watch
Reading Time: 2 minutes All wheat production in Canada is to remain relatively steady in 2025/26 said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Ottawa. In the report released on July 28, they forecast 35.15 million tonnes compared to 34.96 million in 2024/25.
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