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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures scaled to a record high on Wednesday on strong cash market prices and tight supplies as the U.S. border remains closed to Mexican imports due to the northward spread of the parasitic pest screwworm. Live cattle followed feeders higher, supported by a rebound in wholesale […] Read more

Canola, Markets, News

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 8, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Look for November canola to slip below C$600 per tonne by the end of Thanksgiving week, said Phil Speiss, trader with RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.

Catch up with the Western Producer Markets Desk

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 8, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Western Producer Markets Desk provides daily updates on agricultural markets, with recent video commentary including looks into canola, wheat, cattle and feed grains.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Corn, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight day on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. harvest yields will be lower than the latest government forecast and on limited sales by farmers awaiting news from U.S.-China trade talks and details of government aid. Corn followed soybeans higher as an expected yield forecast […] Read more

Markets

CBOT weekly: Soybeans/corn showing strength amidst harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 1 minute Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were showing some strength during the first week of October, despite seasonal harvest pressure keeping a lid on the upside.

Crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest advances despite heavy rains

By Adam Peleshaty October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite heavy rains in much of the province, Manitoba’s harvest advanced to 86 per cent complete as of Oct. 6, 2025.

Weather

Prairie forecast: A temperature rollercoaster and the possibility of snow

By Daniel Bezte October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes Prairie forecast covering October 8 to 15, 2025. The Prairies may be in for a prolonged battle between warm and cold air before winter sets in. This could bring lots of rain or snow.

Livestock, News, Reuters

Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

By Alexander Marrow, Reuters October 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Food group Nestle said on Wednesday it had withdrawn from a global alliance for cutting methane emissions that aims to reduce the impact of dairy farming on global warming.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 7, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed for a third straight session on Tuesday, propelled by rising beef prices and strong gains in the feeder cattle market, analysts said. Feeder cattle futures reached their highest point in six weeks on tight supplies of animals and an ongoing ban on Mexican imports […] Read more

Canada’s postal strike has complicated sample submission to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program. Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, News

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

By Jeff Melchior October 7, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.

Daily Network News

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Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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