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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases for cash prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat and durum cash prices were moderately higher across the Canadian Prairies for the week ended Dec. 19. This was despite losses in Chicago and Kansas City wheat and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada projecting larger all wheat ending stocks for 2025/26. Minneapolis wheat bumped up on the week, lending some support to Canadian cash prices.

Cereals, Corn, Markets, News, Soybeans

Huge crops in South America says analyst

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Although there’s a debate over the size of the South American soybean crop, there’s little doubt that it will be an enormous one, said consultant Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor in Hinsdale, Ill.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

By Geralyn Wichers December 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures rose as the USDA’s ‘Cattle on Feed’ report showed inventories two per cent down from a year ago. Most-active April live cattle futures gained 1.850 cents to close at 230.000 cents a pound. June contracts settled at 223.825 cents per pound, up 1.725 cents. Most-active March feeder cattle futures gained 4.800 cents […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters December 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures ended higher on Friday, but hit their biggest weekly drop since June as abundant and cheap global supply kept prices near an eight-week low. Soybean futures declined for a sixth day, reaching their lowest price since October 24, as speculators continued to unwind long positions due to ample […] Read more

Railways’ maximum grain revenue entitlements are set based on volume-related composite price indices, which are based on historical input costs like labour, fuel and material. Photo: File

News

CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN stays in bounds

By Geralyn Wichers December 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) exceeded its grain revenue cap for 2025 and will face a penalty, the Canadian Transportation Agency said on Friday.

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Markets, Reuters

Canada October retail sales down 0.2 per cent; seen up 1.2 per cent in November

By Reuters December 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian retail sales fell by 0.2 per cent in October from September to $69.44 billion, on lower sales at food and beverage retailers, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Canada exported about $279 million worth of pork and pork products to the Philippines last year according to federal statistics. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

News, Reuters

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

By Reuters December 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Philippines’ agriculture ministry expects pork imports to drop five per cent in 2027 and by another five per cent in 2028 as it ramps up efforts to restore pig stocks to pre-African swine fever (ASF) levels, a senior official said on Friday.

This August, U.S.-based Norfolk Healthy Produce received Health Canada’s approval to bring The Purple Tomato to Canada. Photo: Screencap via norfolkhealthyproduce.com

Crops, News

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

By Geralyn Wichers December 18, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Selling genetically-modified purple tomato seeds to home gardeners could raise the risk of contamination of organic vegetable varieties and hamper farmers’ ability to save their own seed, say a group of advocates.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters December 18, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures found their footing on Thursday on short covering but remained near eight-week lows after China cancelled purchases from the United States and as large harvests in Argentina and Australia poured new grain into a well-supplied market, analysts said. Soybean futures continued the previous day’s fall on long liquidation […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters December 18, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures tipped lower on Thursday as falling wholesale boxed beef prices and long liquidation pressured the market, analysts said. A decline in boxed beef prices has made meatpackers, whose margins continue to remain in the red, less willing to pay up for cattle. “The […] Read more

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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Good increases for wheat, while durum nudges up

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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases for cash prices

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN stays in bounds

Canada October retail sales down 0.2 per cent; seen up 1.2 per cent in November

Pork imports to drop after 2026 as Philippines ramps up hog repopulation drive

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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