Markets
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures fell across the board on Wednesday. Most-active February live cattle futures closed at 229.550 cents a pound, down 1.150 cents. April contracts also fell by 1.150 cents to settle at 229.125 cents. Most-active January feeder cattle contracts closed at 341.525 cents per pound, a loss of 1.800 cents. March futures […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle fall
U.S. grains: Wheat sets fresh eight-week low as ample global supply continues to weigh
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, setting a new eight-week low, as ample supply and progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine triggered selling by speculative investors. Corn futures firmed on export demand, though pressure from the wheat market continued to weigh […] Read more
Larger Canadian canola and wheat ending stocks expected
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 carryout forecasts for canola and wheat in its latest supply/demand update released Dec. 17.
Canadian Financial Close: Loonie shifts lower
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar stepped back on Wednesday, as the United States dollar improved and despite hikes in crude oil. The loonie closed at US$0.7256 or US$1=C$1.3782 compared to Tuesday’s close of US$0.7274 or US$1=C$1.3748. On the U.S. Dollar Index, the greenback was up 0.231 of a […] Read more
‘A little bit of a resurgence for flax’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flax is sitting in a good position following this year’s harvest, said Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
CBOT Weekly: Grains, oilseeds down ahead of an uncertain 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. grain and oilseed futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell during the week ended Dec. 17, 2025 due to lagging exports and delayed data.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Little positive for futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE canola futures fell to their lowest levels in nine months during the week ended Dec. 17, with little supportive news to underpin the market.
North American grain/oilseed review: Canola downtrend continues
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — The ICE Futures canola market continued lower on Wednesday, setting fresh nine-month lows. Chicago soybeans and European rapeseed futures were also weaker on the day, although soyoil was higher at the final bell. Large supplies and the slow export pace continued to overhang the canola market, with burdensome ending stocks expected for […] Read more
ICE canola slide continues Wednesday
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — ICE Futures canola contracts continued their downward slide of the past week at midday Wednesday, lacking any fresh supportive news. Losses in the Chicago soy complex accounted for some spillover selling pressure in the Canadian oilseed. European rapeseed was also lower, although Malaysian palm oil and crude oil were higher. Chart-based selling […] Read more
Global Markets: Trump orders oil tanker blockade into Venezuela
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. United States President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a naval blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, a week after the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the South American country’s coast. The latest move […] Read more
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