Crops, Features, Guide Business, Markets, Production

Producers aren’t panicking over tariffs and trade threats

Reading Time: < 1 minute The influence of tariff and trade uncertainity on farm business decisions.

December 19, 2025

Guide Business, Marketing, Markets

A grain marketing strategy for 2022-23

Reading Time: < 1 minute After a year with some of the most volatile markets in history, crop growers will…

October 5, 2022

Markets, Soybeans

Canada’s soybean industry small, but nimble

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian soybeans have a lot going for them, says Brian Innes. They…

July 8, 2021

Must Reads

• Crops, Markets

  

  What to expect from grain companies premiums and discounts

  Reading Time: < 1 minute As harvest continued late into this fall, Prairie grain buyers continued to sort out what…

  December 16, 2019

• Markets, Soybeans

  

  Canadian farmers enter a challenging soybean market

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybeans can be a real adventure. Growing them can certainly be a challenge. There is…

  October 16, 2019

• Corn, Markets

  

  Why the 2019 corn growing season is far from over

  Reading Time: < 1 minute When I plant corn I often think of the journey it will undergo to reach…

  September 9, 2019

• Markets, Soybeans, Weather

  

  The wild ride in soybean markets continues

  Reading Time: < 1 minute From small beginnings in the deep southwest of Ontario, soybeans in 2018 have expanded across…

  October 30, 2018

• Crops, Markets, Soybeans

  The export perspective on soybeans

  Reading Time: < 1 minute When looking into how soybeans get traded around the world, the important thing is to…

  October 25, 2018

• Corn, Markets

  A strategy for uncertain corn markets

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Growing corn can be an exciting and rewarding experience. Over the years we have seen…

  September 12, 2018

Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie higher, crude oil steady

By GFM Network News 17 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar closed above the 72 United States cent mark for the first time in five days.          The loonie settled at US$0.7210 or US$1=C$1.3870, compared to US$0.7188 or US$1=C$1.3913 on Friday. Statistics Canada reported today that Canada’s annual inflation rate increased to 2.4 per cent, exceeding analysts’ expectations of it […] Read more

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Cereals, Markets, News, Oats

Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 18 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.

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Futures

North American Grain and Oilseed Review:Modest gains in most canola contracts

No trading today in Chicago

By GFM Network News 19 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm Glacier FarmMedia – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures closed mostly higher on Monday, but the March contract dipped lower in choppy trading. Trading volumes were less than normal as the United States markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Support for canola continued to come from Friday’s Canada-China trade deal […] Read more

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Futures

ICE Canola Midday: Still on the rise

By GFM Network News 22 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were higher, but trading had been to both sides of unchanged in thin and choppy activity. United States markets were closed today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, limiting the volume in canola Increases in Malaysian palm oil were lending support […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

Chinese importer buys Canadian canola after Carney visit

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters 23 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Chinese importer bought a cargo of Canadian canola shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing last week, trader sources said.

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Global markets

Global Markets: Inflation climbs in December

By GFM Network News 24 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Inflation in Canada during December bumped up to an annualized rate of 2.4 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Monday. That’s a slight increase from 2.2 per cent in November and where analysts […] Read more

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Futures

ICE canola continues higher to start week

By GFM Network News 24 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — ICE canola futures were stronger Monday morning after moving to both sides of unchanged in overnight activity. The trade deal with China announced Friday and expectations for a resumption of canola exports to the country remained supportive to start the week. Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola seed will drop from 75.8 per […] Read more

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Currency Markets

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie, inflation higher

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar surpassed the 72 United States cent mark on Monday morning after the release of new data from Statistics Canada.      The loonie was at US$0.7201 or US$1=C$1.3887 as of 8:33 a.m. CST, compared to Friday’s close at US$0.7188 or US$1=C$1.3913.      StatCan reported that the country’s annual inflation rate […] Read more

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Currency Markets

Canadian financial close: C$ weakens Friday

By GFM Network News 4 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was weaker relative to its United States counterpart on Friday The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7188 or US$1=C$1.3913, which compares with Thursday’s close of US$0.7195 or US$1=C$1.3899. Canada and China reached a preliminary deal that will see China lower its tariffs on Canadian products, including canola, in exchange for […] Read more

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Markets, News

A good year for flax could lead to more acres in 2026/27

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 4 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Strong flaxseed prices should encourage more planted acres to the crop this spring, but any increases in area will also depend on the price relationship canola.

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