Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.
USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere
‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply
Barley usually at discount to wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices in Europe are matching or surpassing milling wheat, an unusual trend driven by strong export demand and tight supply.
Ag in Motion wins business tourism award
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ag in Motion wins business tourism award at the 2025 Canadian Tourism Awards. Photo: Paul Yanko
CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola futures are poised to slip back in the short term, although the oilseed could climb slowly higher in the long term, said Jamie Wilton, trader with R.J. O’Brien in Winnipeg, Man.
Trump administration may delay biofuel import credit cuts as refiners balk
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Reading Time: 2 minutes President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delaying for one or two years its proposed cuts in incentives for imported biofuels amid pressure from U.S. refiners who argue the move could raise costs and tighten fuel supplies, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
China snaps up U.S. soybeans after pledge to Trump, but at high price, traders say
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Reading Time: 2 minutes China bought at least 14 cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, two traders with knowledge of the deals said, its largest purchase since at least January and the most significant since a summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in October.
Canadian food, agriculture coalition to underscore CUSMA importance in Washington
Reading Time: < 1 minute A coalition of 12 Canadian Agri-food industry groups travelled to Washington this week for discussions with American officials and agriculture groups about the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
Canada’s inflation in October eases to 2.2 per cent on lower gasoline, food prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s annual inflation rate in October eased to 2.2 per cent as gasoline prices dropped, food prices eased and mortgage interest costs came down below the three per cent mark, data showed on Monday.
U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean and corn yields in the United States were revised downward from earlier estimates in updated supply/demand tables from the United States Department of Agriculture released Nov. 14.
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