Daily Agriculture News - Country Guide

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters September 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – soybeans fell to a six-week low on Monday, as a phone call last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping provided no signs of progress on negotiations over agricultural exports, analysts said. Wheat fell on expectations of plentiful global supplies. Corn also dipped as dealers awaited the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

By Ed White, Reuters September 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s durum crop has been damaged from rainy, damp conditions, with some farmers holding off on harvesting crops in the hopes of drier weather the Canadian Grain Commission said.

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Canada could diversify $12 billion in farm and food exports away from U.S. says FCC

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada could move $12 billion worth of food and beverage exports to non-U.S. markets according to a new report from Farm Credit Canada.

Markets, News, Soybeans

Argentina throws wrench into China-U.S. soybean trade says Cordonnier

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes In an unexpected move, Argentina has seriously disrupted any possible new crop soybean purchases to be made by China from the United States, said analyst Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.

A swathed and dried down canola crop lies awaiting the combine near Mariapolis, Man., on Aug. 30, 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Crops, News

Increased interest-free canola cash advances rolling out

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Doubled interest-free advances for canola through the Advance Payments Program are now available says the Canadian Canola Growers Association.

Carlos Mahr, cattle producer and President of the Chiapas Livestock Union Spray disinfectant on one of his cows as the Mexican government and ranchers struggle to control the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico July 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Becerril

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Mexico confirms case of New World screwworm in northern state, USDA says

By Reuters September 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico confirmed a new case of New World screwworm in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, less than 70 miles (113 km) from the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

Health Canada has also proposed cancelling the use of dicamba in dicamba tolerant soybean seed production. Photo: File

Crops

Proposed dicamba restrictions please expert

By Robert Arnason September 22, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes Spray expert says proposed dicamba rule change would ban ‘over the top’ use of the herbicide

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 19, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest cattle on feed report behind much of the activity. The report came out after the markets closed, with placements in August down 10 per cent on the year at 1.78 million head and marketings […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters September 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in a week on Friday, erasing early gains after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping failed to yield news on soybean exports, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures followed soybeans lower. Additional pressure stemmed from the ongoing […] Read more

Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

By Adam Peleshaty September 19, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The ongoing Prairie wheat harvest and a stronger Canadian dollar caused Western Canadian wheat bids to decline during the week ended Sept. 19, 2025.

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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