Reading Time: < 1 minute Crops in Manitoba continued to come along nicely, the provincial agriculture department reported for the week ended June 24.
Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Hay, Pasture, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat
Manitoba crops in good shape: Report
Rainfall amounts vary widely
Prairie forecast: Looking warm and dry for Canada Day
Forecast issued June 25, covering June 25 to July 2, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes A broad but unorganized area of low pressure impacts all three Prairie provinces for at least the first half of this forecast period. Unsettled weather means it will be a difficult forecast to pin down. It also means seasonable temperatures with no big intense heat waves expected—though that doesn’t mean we won’t see a few hot days.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat falls on harvest pressure; corn hits contract lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures sank on Tuesday on pressure from the ongoing harvest in the U.S. Plains and Black Sea as well as a lack of weather threats, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on technical selling, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures edged lower on Tuesday on technical selling after setting contract highs in the previous session as traders weighed whether a seasonal peak in cash hog prices has petered out, analysts said.
USDA notes shifts in Mexican corn
Production up, imports dip
Reading Time: < 1 minute Corn production in Mexico is projected to increase 6.5 per cent in 2025/26, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Mexico City reported. Meanwhile, the country’s imports are expected to dip 1.4 per cent.
Bill to protect supply management passes, exporters disappointed
Bill C-202 must receive Royal Assent before it can be put into force
Reading Time: 2 minutes Exporters feel Bill C-202 undermines the country's commitment to rules-based international trading and sends the wrong message to trading partners.
In Chile’s Atacama, world’s driest desert, growing lettuces with fog
Reading Time: 2 minutes In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of moisture from fog.
Canada’s annual inflation unchanged at 1.7 per cent in May, core measures slightly ease
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s annual inflation rate in May was unchanged from the previous month at 1.7 per cent as a drop in gasoline costs continued to keep the overall index stable. Prices of shelter, food and transportation also cooled.
Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls on softer fed cattle market
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending June 21, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were unchanged to $10 lower on average compared to seven days earlier. However, prices for August and September delivery were unchanged from the previous week.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip; feeders, hogs make small gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago live cattle futures slipped on Monday while feeder and lean hog contracts eked out gains.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
