Reading Time: 1 minute Manitoba Agriculture issued its final crop report of 2025, showing the overall provincewide harvest at 97 per cent complete as of Oct. 20. Nearly all major crops have finished combining, with 37 per cent of Manitoba’s sunflowers finished, plus 71 per cent of grain corn and small amounts of soybeans and potatoes left to do.
Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025
New opportunities for Canadian goods in Mexico
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture minister’s trip to Mexico sees promotion of Canadian goods like beef and canola, with potential for more partnerships in the future
IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat crop forecast
Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Grains Council has raised its forecast for 2025/26 global wheat production with crop outlooks upgraded for Russia, the United States and Argentina.
Trump quadrupling Argentina beef tariff rate quota to 80,000 tonnes
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is quadrupling the tariff rate quota on Argentinian beef to 80,000 tonnes to reduce prices and protect American farmers, a White House official said on Thursday.
CBOT Weekly: China, shutdown guiding the market
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States grain and oilseed markets are currently dominated by two factors, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. Ettner said those are the absence of a trade deal with China and the ongoing United States government shutdown.
Trump urges U.S. cattle ranchers to lower prices as he touts tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on cattle ranchers to lower prices
Bird flu cases increase across Europe, Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutes New bird flu outbreaks were reported in several European countries and Japan this week
Rules-based trading system at risk of derailment, says UN chief
Reading Time: < 1 minute The head of the United Nations said on Wednesday that the global trade system was facing major challenges due to tariffs, with developing countries worst affected.
Heineken to sell less beer in 2025 as demand falters
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brewer, Heineken warned its 2025 beer sales would fall as macroeconomic challenges worsened, further downgrading its volume guidance from the previous quarter.
Confusion cleared on Canadian calf import changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announcement on import regulations for feeder calves caused some confusion on the administrative side of Canada’s cattle industry earlier this month
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