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U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

By Reuters, Tom Polansek November 20, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell further at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday under pressure from fund selling and lower cash prices, traders said. Futures have dropped over the past month after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working to lower beef prices for consumers, triggering steep selloffs in cattle that […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

By Reuters, Tom Polansek November 20, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures on Thursday extended a setback from a 17-month high reached this week, as confirmation of more Chinese purchases of American supplies failed to spark a new rally.

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

By Adam Peleshaty November 20, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.

Canola, Markets

Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 20, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.

Contributed file from a 2018 study called Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Transmission: A comparison of Incriminated Vectors, by Paula Rozo-Lopez, Barbara S. Drolet and Beline Londono-Renteria

Livestock, News

CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona

By Diana Martin November 20, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat, corn crop forecasts

By Reuters November 20, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Global stocks of grain are set to increase during the 2025/26 season for the first time in four years, the International Grains Council said on Thursday as it raised its forecasts for both wheat and corn crops.

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide under pressure from weak cash prices

By Tom Polansek November 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures tumbled under pressure from weakness in the cash market on Wednesday, traders said. Lean hog futures rebounded after sliding on Tuesday to their lowest level in about seven months. In the cash market, cattle traded at mostly $228 per hundredweight in southern […] Read more

Canola, Markets, News

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola futures are poised to slip back in the short term, although the oilseed could climb slowly higher in the long term, said Jamie Wilton, trader with R.J. O’Brien in Winnipeg, Man.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures ease from 17-month peak as traders gauge China buying pace

By Reuters, Tom Polansek November 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures slumped on Wednesday after climbing to their highest level since June 2024 in the previous session, as traders watched to see whether a wave of Chinese purchases would continue following a trade truce between Beijing and Washington.

Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly: Soybeans watching export news

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to their highest levels in a year-and-a-half on Nov. 18, as optimism over increasing sales to China provided support. However, more business will be needed to sustain the upward move, with traders uncertain whether the stated targets will be reached.

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Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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