Daily Agriculture News - Country Guide

Bunge beats profit estimates on strong processing margins, Viterra boost

By Karl Plume, Pooja Menon, Reuters November 5, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bunge Global topped Wall Street estimates for third-quarter adjusted profit on Wednesday with the closing of its acquisition of Viterra in July boosting volumes as oilseed processing margins improved, sending shares up 2.6 per cent.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Quiet pattern continues as winter struggles for a foothold

By Daniel Bezte November 5, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes For the upcoming forecast period, a large area of low pressure remains anchored off the British Columbia coast, a strong low spins over the Atlantic coast and another, weaker low lingers near Hudson Bay. Between these systems, the flow across the Prairies is largely zonal, meaning it moves west to east with little north–south movement. That pattern will help usher a few weak disturbances across the region during the next several days.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back, hogs continue slide

By Geralyn Wichers November 4, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures fell back on Tuesday. Hogs continued to slide. Most-active December live cattle futures closed at 227.775 cents a pound, down 4.425 cents. February contracts lost 5.025 cents to settle at 225.375 cents per pound. Most-active January feeder contracts lost 7.300 cents to close at 329.225 cents a pound. March feeders settled at […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat after rally, wheat holds at three-month high

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday, retreating from a 16-month high hit a day earlier, as traders awaited Chinese purchases of U.S. cargoes following last week’s trade truce agreed by the world’s two largest economies.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market drops sharply

By Jerry Klassen November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending November 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $15-$30/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. Cash feeder markets were off by $30-$40/cwt early in the week but then marginally recovered on Wednesday as the feeder cattle futures market stabilized. There were a few exceptions. Higher quality yearlings over 800 pounds coming […] Read more

News, Weather

Dryness, drought likely to persist says forecaster

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes As winter approaches, the dry conditions and drought across much of the Canadian Prairies and the United States Plains will likely persist, said Drew Lerner, meteorologist with World Weather Inc. in Overland Park, Kan.

News

Budget 2025 includes trade focus, boost for agriculture risk management

By Jonah Grignon November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes The 2025 budget includes several investments relevant to the agriculture sector, including new trade corridors and financial supports for farmers

News, Reuters

ADM cuts 2025 profit outlook on biofuel and trade uncertainty; shares tumble

By Karl Plume, Katha Kalia, Reuters November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer-Daniels-Midland cut its 2025 profit forecast for a third straight quarter on Tuesday as U.S. biofuel policy uncertainty and global trade disruptions pressured oilseed crush margins.

FILE PHOTO: A worker applies sanitizing talcum powder to livestock amid an increase in cases of screwworm since August, with the outbreak steadily moving north, in San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Mexico, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata/File Photo

Livestock, News, Reuters

U.S. not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says

By Brendan O'Boyle, Cassandra Garrison, Reuters November 4, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. is not yet ready to reopen its border to Mexican cattle amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, but she is pleased with Mexico’s efforts to contain the pest.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs slide

By Geralyn Wichers November 4, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures regained a ground on Monday to maintain a fairly level trajectory after last week’s fall.

Daily Network News

Canadian drought conditions improve in March

PMRA renamed as Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

U.S. deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices

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