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Indian farmers have ramped up planting of winter crops including wheat, rapeseed (canola) and chickpea, putting the country on track for record acreage. Photo: Diptendu Dutta/Nur

India’s winter crops set for record as soil moisture soars

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By Rajendra Jadhav, Reuters December 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Indian farmers have ramped up planting of winter crops including wheat, rapeseed (canola) and chickpea, putting the country on track for record acreage as abundant soil moisture enables cultivation even in typically rainfed areas that often remain fallow.

A cow in the auction ring at the Gladstone Auction Mart in October 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on fed market recovery

By Jerry Klassen December 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending December 6, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Many cattle feeders on both sides of the border believe that the fed cattle market will trade back up to historical highs in the second quarter of 2026. This positive sentiment along with year-end buying resulted […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower Monday

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 8, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly lower Monday, seeing a modest correction to start the week after rising in early December. The February live cattle contract lost 0.475 cents per pound at 226.675 cents. Feeder cattle were down 2.875 cents in the March contract at 330.425 cents per pound. An estimated 600,000 […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide below $11 on demand doubts

By Reuters December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American crop weather favored large soy harvests that could begin in about a month, analysts said.

News, Reuters

Trump unveils $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war

By Reuters December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, the latest government effort to shore up a key political constituency hurt by the financial fallout from his trade policies.

Lentils, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production rises

By Adam Peleshaty December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics Canada released its principal field crop estimates on Dec. 4, which showed bumper crops for most pulses.

Keith Currie speaks at the Future of Food conference in Ottawa. Photo: Jonah Grignon

News

Canadian agricultural groups demand no changes to CUSMA

By Diana Martin December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian agricultural groups urge the government to keep CUSMA unchanged, stressing its vital role in food security and economic stability.

Michelle Ross is a research officer with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan. She and Richard Gray, professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Canadian Grain Policy Research Chair, are working on an agronomy resources survey that measures whether farmers and agrologists are aware of free tools like the Fusarium Headblight Maps, the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network and the Test Monitoring Network. The research will help direct producer funds to future agricultural science clusters.Photo Credit: Supplied

Crops, News

Survey looks to gauge whether producers are aware of free agronomic tools and where producer funds are going

By Alexis Kienlen December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Survey looks to gauge whether producers are aware of free agronomic tools and where producer funds are going

News, Reuters

Greek farmers block borders, airport and roads in protest at delayed EU funds

By Reuters December 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Protesting Greek farmers closed an airport on the island of Crete, blocked roads and border crossings and hurled rocks at police during a nationwide demonstration on Monday triggered by funding delays.

News, Reuters

Trump to unveil $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war

By Reuters December 8, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump will unveil a $12 billion aid package for American farmers affected by his trade policies on Monday, two White House officials said.

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Daily news

India’s winter crops set for record as soil moisture soars

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on fed market recovery

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower Monday

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide below $11 on demand doubts

Trump unveils $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war

Pulse Weekly: Canadian pulse production rises

Canadian agricultural groups demand no changes to CUSMA

Survey looks to gauge whether producers are aware of free agronomic tools and where producer funds are going

Greek farmers block borders, airport and roads in protest at delayed EU funds

Trump to unveil $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war

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