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Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 6, 2026

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.

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Bird flu update: Dog dies in Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty January 6, 2026

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.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen

By Jerry Klassen January 6, 2026

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

FILE PHOTO: People attend a demonstration called by the French farmers and the Confederation paysanne to protest against the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal between the European Union and the South American countries of Mercosur, in Paris, France, October 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

News, Reuters

EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal support

By Giselda Vagnoni, Julia Payne, Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters January 6, 2026

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’s buying has underpinned Chicago soybean futures in recent weeks, helping the market end 2025 on a positive note. Photo: Getty Images Plus

Markets, Reuters

China buys more US soybeans, total purchases near 10 million tons

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters January 6, 2026

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.

Markets, Reuters

Brazil’s soy exports hit record in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave shows

By Reuters January 5, 2026

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.

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch October high on fund buying

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 5, 2026

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

The Amazon soy moratorium is considered one of the most important forces slowing deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon over the past two decades as it bars signatories from buying soybeans from farmers who plant on land deforested after July 2008. Photo: Paralaxis/Getty Images Plus

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Major Brazilian grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact

By Ana Mano, Andre Romani, Manuela Andreoni, Reuters January 5, 2026

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.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Broad buying lifts grain futures from multi-week lows

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 5, 2026

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

News

Grocery code of conduct takes full effect

By Geralyn Wichers January 3, 2026

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.

Daily Network News

Richardson International sells Matex Control Chemical brand

Saskatchewan, Alberta farmers get strychnine against gophers until late 2027

Canadian Cattle Association won’t back traceability changes

Daily news

Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges

Bird flu update: Dog dies in Alberta

Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen

EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal support

China buys more US soybeans, total purchases near 10 million tons

Brazil’s soy exports hit record in 2025, data from shipping agency Cargonave shows

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch October high on fund buying

Major Brazilian grain traders quit Amazon conservation pact

U.S. grains: Broad buying lifts grain futures from multi-week lows

Grocery code of conduct takes full effect

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