Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago grain and oilseed futures rose on Friday as severe cold in U.S. and other areas of the world raised fears about damage to crops and disruptions to processing plants.
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U.S. grains: CBOT futures extend gains as cold weather hits U.S.
Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new study shows how horses can detect chemical signals linked to human emotions, and that these signals can influence their behaviour and physiology.
Seven research sites to close, Agriculture Agri-Food Canada confirms
Reading Time: 6 minutes Saskatchewan agricultural research centres appear to be hard hit by job losses and closures announced Jan. 22, according to initial reports filtering out.
U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange held close to unchanged on Thursday, with the bias lower in the most active months.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. said barley is still the preferred feed grain of choice here and abroad.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures close mixed, wheat and corn higher on Thursday, Jan. 22.
New trade map takes shape in Davos as world adjusts to Trump tariffs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Global trade patterns are shifting in the face of tariff threats from the United States.
AAFC to cut more than 600 staff
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to cut over 600 positions
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on technical trading, rising wholesale prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose for a second session on Wednesday in technical trading, as wholesale beef prices firmed, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture quoted the choice boxed beef cutout value at $366.18 per hundredweight (cwt) on Wednesday morning, up $1.42 from a day earlier. Select […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans regain ground on slowed South American harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures bounced on Wednesday on a slow start to the South American harvest. Meanwhile, talks between U.S. and Chinese officials boosted export sentiment and shifted attention from a diplomatic dispute over Greenland, analysts said. Wheat and corn also rebounded from drops a day earlier, with mixed weather conditions in […] Read more