Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite weaker U.S. futures, Western Canadian wheat prices increased during the week ended Oct. 9, 2025.
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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices rise as harvest ends
Canadian agriculture minister MacDonald headed to Mexico
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Heath MacDonald, will lead a ministerial mission to Mexico next week, Oct. 14-17.
Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise to new highs on tight supply, strong cash prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rallied on Thursday to a record high on strong cash market prices and tight supplies linked to the U.S. suspension of Mexican imports due to the spread of screwworm south of the border. Live cattle followed feeders higher, posting new contract highs in deferred contract […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on profit-taking, China trade worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures retreated on Thursday after two days of gains, pressured by profit taking and technical selling and on growing concerns about a promised farmer aid package and a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade negotiations.
Ample supplies and improved livestock sector to boost Canadian feed sector: FCC
Reading Time: 3 minutes Abundant feed grain supplies and improved profitability for the livestock sector should support strong feed demand and sales through the winter, says a new report from Farm Credit Canada.
Feed Grain Weekly: Elevators offering higher prices for barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Elevators in northern Alberta are offering higher prices for feed barley than in feedlots around Lethbridge, said an Edmonton-based analyst.
Saskatchewan harvest nearing completion: Report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress during the first week of October, only seven per cent of crops still in the field as of Oct. 6, according to the latest provincial report. Dry conditions over the past few weeks allowed harvest to catch up to seasonal averages.
Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Expana has raised its monthly grain production forecast for European Union crops for the 2025/26 season, projecting soft wheat output will hit a record high and barley a 17-year high.
CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is set to make seven regulatory changes to cut red tape around agricultural production.