Reading Time: 2 minutes Rapid planting paces for major U.S. crops outweighed President Donald Trump's comments on trade with China at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended April 23.
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CBOT Weekly: Planting pace outweighs Trump comments
US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants
US beef exports to China worth $125 million a month at risk
Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant uses about 7 to 8 […] Read more
Global rapeseed/canola production dips in April report
USDA lowers output for EU, India
Reading Time: < 1 minute World production of rapeseed/canola for 2024/25 was trimmed by almost 0.53 per cent on April 10, when the United States Department of Agriculture released its World Agricultural Production report.
European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains
U.S. trade war could make EU wheat more attractive to China
Reading Time: 2 minutes European Union soft wheat is set to benefit from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, consultancy Strategie Grains said, as it raised its output estimates for all major EU cereals this year due to improved growing conditions.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils looking for a good crop despite slow market
Prices down amidst tariff troubles, lower demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes A healthy snowpack in Saskatchewan will provide good subsoil moisture before lentil seeding this spring, but other factors are dragging down prices.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Small declines for wheat bids
Wheat prices show little movement
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most wheat prices in Western Canada during the week ended March 20, 2025 were slightly lower than those from the previous week.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices stand still amidst tariff troubles
Politics driving feed grain markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs from China and the United States have paralyzed feed grain markets in Western Canada according to Market Master Ltd. owner Susanne Leclerc from Edmonton.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola approaching uncertainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes As canola futures try to regain the ground lost during the week of March 10, the longer term outlook for the oilseed is very unknown, according to risk advisor and trader John De Pape of The Trading Floor.
Pulse Weekly: Pulse Canada asks for ‘predictable, fair and equitable’ trade
Cherewyk gives reminder of Canada-U.S. relationship
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse Canada president Greg Cherewyk said his organization will promote fair trade with its U.S. counterparts despite lingering tariffs.
CBOT Weekly: Headlines dictate U.S. futures
Tariff threats, weather cause up-and-down trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump as well as weather concerns at home and abroad are creating a roller-coaster ride for U.S. grain futures during the week ended Jan. 22, 2025.
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