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Feed Grain Weekly: Higher export prices could push up those for feed

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 8, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes If there’s one bright spot in the Prairie feed grain market that would be export prices for barley and wheat. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said the grain elevators have upped their prices in order to meet export demand.

Livestock, Reuters

Mexico’s active screwworm cases down 57 per cent since mid-December, ministry says

By Reuters January 8, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico’s active cases of New World screwworm, which have kept the U.S. border closed to Mexican cattle imports, have fallen 57 per cent since mid-December.

Weather

U.S. CPC sees 75 per cent chance of La Niña transition by early 2026

By Reuters January 8, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes La Niña continues to persist, with a 75 per cent chance of a transition to ENSO-neutral conditions likely between January and March, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday.

Crops, News

Grain Farmers of Ontario joins Grain Growers of Canada

By Jonah Grignon January 8, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain Farmers of Ontario has officially joined with national group Grain Growers of Canada.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle, hogs drop

By Geralyn Wichers January 7, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and hog futures fell on Wednesday. Most-active February live cattle futures lost 2.100 cents to settle at 234.525 cents per pound. April live cattle closed at 235.175 cents a pound, down 2.200 cents. Most-traded March feeder cattle closed at 355.500 cents a pound, down 3.525 cents. April contracts lost 3.450 cents to settle […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures set one-week highs as dryness stokes crop worries

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 7, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures jumped to their highest level in more than a week on Wednesday as dry weather fuelled concerns about crop conditions in the key Plains region, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures also topped one-week highs following recent sales of U.S. soy to top importer China. Wheat and soybean […] Read more

Canola, Markets, News

Modest increase for Malaysian palm oil says USDA attaché

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 7, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Stronger than expected yields in the early going saw Malaysia’s 2025/26 palm oil production get a good start, said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Kuala Lumpur.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: USDA reports could support prices

By Adam Peleshaty January 7, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tom Lilja, an analyst from Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D., expects corn and soybeans yields to be trimmed ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand estimates release on Jan. 12, 2026.

Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Futures trending higher to start year

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 7, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canola futures were trending higher to start the New Year, with the nearby technical signals showing more room to the upside. However, continued strength will require additional outside support.

Canadian Financial Close: More losses for loonie

January 7, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar fell nearly two-tenths of a cent on Wednesday, with pressure coming from an increase in the United States dollar and declines in crude oil. The loonie closed at US$0.7234 or US$1=C$1.3823 compared to Tuesday’s finish of US$0.7252 or US$1=C$1.3789. On the U.S. Dollar Index, […] Read more

Daily Network News

Canadian Cattle Association won’t back traceability changes

Farmers’ Almanac rescued from closure; fate of Canadian content unknown

Do More Ag to fund rural groups’ mental health workshops

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