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

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, lean hogs mixed

By Geralyn Wichers 5 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog futures ended Tuesday mixed while cattle made gains. Most-active February lean hog contracts closed down 0.475 cents at 85.675 cents a pound. April futures gained 0.075 cents to settle at 91.575 cents per pound. The USDA reported pork carcass cutout value at $91.25 per cwt on Tuesday afternoon, down $2.59. Most-traded February […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from one-week high on China purchases

By Reuters, Tom Polansek 6 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday after jumping earlier to a one-week high as top importer China bought more U.S. supplies. Corn and wheat futures also finished weaker, with agricultural markets pulling back from gains during the previous session. Soybean futures turned down after the U.S. Department […] Read more

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Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie slips

By GFM Network News 6 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar gave up about a tenth of a cent on Tuesday but held off the worst of the pressure from a stronger United States dollar and weaker crude oil. The loonie closed at US$0.7252 or US$1=C$1.3789 compared to Monday’s close of US$0.7263 or US$1=C$1.3768. On […] Read more

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Lentils, Livestock, Markets, News, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 7 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentils and peas will be among those pulse crops facing challenges not only in January, but also for the rest of the 2025/26 marketing year and possibly beyond that, said Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg.

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Futures

North American grain/oilseed review: Canola holds onto small gains in most months

By GFM Network News 7 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — The ICE Futures canola market was mostly higher at Tuesday’s close, as speculative short covering and end-user bargain hunting provided support. However, a downturn in the Chicago soy complex tempered the upside. March canola settled right at its 20-day moving average, after climbing well above that level in early trade. Fund traders […] Read more

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen

By Jerry Klassen 10 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no feeder cattle sales in Western Canada for the week ending January 3. However, there were some sales in the U.S. and the Canadian markets will follow suit once activity returns to normal. For example, at the Ozarks Regional Stockyards in West Plains, Missouri, weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers over 750 pounds […] Read more

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Futures

ICE canola rally continuing Tuesday

By GFM Network News 11 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm      WINNIPEG, Jan. 6 (MarketsFarm) — ICE Futures canola contracts were higher at midday Tuesday, seeing follow-through strength after Monday’s rally. March canola moved above its 20-day moving average, encouraging additional speculative buying. Fund traders were holding their largest net short position in canola of the past year at 91,500 contracts […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

China buys more US soybeans, total purchases near 10 million tons

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters 11 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s state stockpiler Sinograin bought 10 U.S. soybean cargoes this week, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, as the world’s top buyer continues purchasing from the United States following a late-October trade truce.

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Global markets

Global Markets: Copper at record highs

By GFM Network News 13 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The takeover of Greenland by the United States would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance, said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump renewed calls to take over the Danish territory […] Read more

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Futures

ICE canola in an upswing

By GFM Network News 13 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange remained on the rise on Tuesday morning with the March contract hitting the psychological C$620 per tonne level. While Malaysian palm oil was lower, Chicago soyoil and European rapeseed were higher. Crude oil also made gains as the situation between the United States and Venezuela continues. […] Read more

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