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

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 14 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange held close to unchanged on Thursday, with the bias lower in the most active months.

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Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie higher, crude oil drops

By GFM Network News 14 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar continued to rise on Thursday due to its weaker United States counterpart.          The loonie settled at US$0.7247 or US$1=C$1.3798, compared to US$0.7239 or US$1=C$1.3814 on Wednesday. The U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.43 of a point at 98.33.      Crude oil prices were down as geopolitical tensions involving […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

By Adam Peleshaty 15 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. said barley is still the preferred feed grain of choice here and abroad.

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Futures

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola’s front months nudge up

Wheat leads CBOT futures higher

By GFM Network News 15 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were mixed on Thursday, with small increases in the old crop months and losses in the new crop positions. While gains in Malaysian palm oil, along with Chicago soybeans and soymeal provide support to canola, losses in Chicago soyoil and MATIF rapeseed weighed on values. […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

By Reuters 16 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures close mixed, wheat and corn higher on Thursday, Jan. 22.

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Futures

ICE Canola Midday: Trying to hang on to increases

By GFM Network News 20 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were mixed on Thursday, struggling to recoup and maintain earlier gains. An analyst said there was, “not too much at play” in the markets on Thursday. An about-face in Chicago soyoil took away a lot of canola’s strength, although soybeans and soymeal remained […] Read more

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Global markets

Global Markets: Trump claims progress on Greenland

By GFM Network News 20 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday that the framework for a future deal on Greenland was agreed to with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Danish […] Read more

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Futures

ICE canola correcting lower Thursday morning

By GFM Network News 21 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — ICE canola futures were weaker Thursday morning, taking back some of Wednesday’s gains. Chart-based positioning was a feature, as canola was starting to look overbought by some technical indicators. Losses in Chicago soyoil also weighed on values, although soybeans were higher. European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil were narrowly mixed on the […] Read more

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Currency Markets

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie down as U.S. tensions ease

By GFM Network News 21 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar took a step back this morning as crude oil prices dropped due to an easing in tensions between the United States and the rest of the world.      The loonie was at US$0.7234 or US$1=C$1.3824 as of 8:50 a.m. CST, compared to Wednesday’s close at US$0.7239 or US$1=C$1.3814.   […] Read more

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures climb on technical trading, rising wholesale prices

By P.J. Huffstutter 1 day ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose for a second session on Wednesday in technical trading, as wholesale beef prices firmed, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture quoted the choice boxed beef cutout value at $366.18 per hundredweight (cwt) on Wednesday morning, up $1.42 from a day earlier. Select […] Read more

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