Agriculture Market Updates & Outlook

ICE Canola Midday: Futures turn positive

Soyoil erases its losses, pulling canola along

By GFM Network News August 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were attempting to recover from earlier losses on late Friday morning, as Chicago soyoil turned positive. Soyoil started Friday sharply lower after posting strong gains yesterday and it pulled along canola. A trader said the Trump administration was close to making an announcement […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

French maize ratings slip again; wheat harvest complete

By Reuters August 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Maize crop conditions in France, the European Union's biggest grain producer, registered a third consecutive weekly decline in the week to August 18, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday, as a heatwave gripped most of the country.

Global markets

Global Markets: Retail sales improve in June

Food and beverages sales led the way

By GFM Network News August 22, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Statistics Canada said on Friday that June retail sales improved 1.5 per cent at $70.2 billion, with gains in all nine subsectors. Food and beverage retail sales led with an […] Read more

Futures

ICE canola reverses direction

By GFM Network News August 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were lower on Friday morning with mixed sentiment in comparable oils. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its production estimate for new crop canola by more than two million tonnes at 20.1 million in its monthly report on Thursday. Statistics Canada will release its satellite and model-based […] Read more

Currency Markets

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie keeps back peddling

Little movement in U.S. greenback

By GFM Network News August 22, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The doldrums for the Canadian dollar continued on Friday morning with more declines. As of 8:46 am CDT, the loonie was at US$0.7184 or US$1=C$1.3920 compared to Thursday’s close of US$0.7196 or US$1=C$1.3897. On the United States Dollar Index, the greenback bumped up 0.054 of a point […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rebound on technical trading, bargain buying

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters August 21, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean and corn futures surged on Thursday on short covering and bargain buying after prices sank low enough to attract buying interest, though supply pressure from favorable U.S. crop conditions continue to loom over the market, analysts said.

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally peters out on position squaring

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters August 21, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Thursday after rising for four consecutive sessions, as traders booked profits and squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly Cattle on Feed report due after the market's close on Friday, analysts said.

Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: More losses for loonie

Canuck buck down more than 6/10ths over the last week

By GFM Network News August 21, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar slipped below 72 U.S. cents on Thursday, as its downturn pressed on for a seventh consecutive session. The loonie finished at US$0.7196 or US$1=C$1.3897, compared to Wednesday’s close of US$0.7212 or US$1=C$1.3866. Over the last week, it has dropped 0.64 of a cent. […] Read more

Futures

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola swings higher with soy

A positive day for U.S. soy, corn, wheat

By GFM Network News August 21, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were stronger on Thursday, gleaning ample spillover from sharp increases in Chicago soyoil and soybeans. There was additional support from gains in European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil. Upticks in crude further underpinned the vegetable oils. The strong session came despite a […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand

Feed barley prices may continue to decline

By Adam Peleshaty August 21, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices continue to have an advantage over feed corn and prices may go lower, said one trader.

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

Markets

ICE Canola Midday: Futures turn positive

French maize ratings slip again; wheat harvest complete

Global Markets: Retail sales improve in June

ICE canola reverses direction

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie keeps back peddling

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rebound on technical trading, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally peters out on position squaring

Canadian Financial Close: More losses for loonie

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola swings higher with soy

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley seeing low prices, demand

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