Reading Time: 2 minutes The Manitoba Co-operator is counting down our 25 most popular stories of 2025. Here’s a taste so far, from trade woes to new insight on Manitoba’s wild pig problem
Manitoba Co-operator top 25 of 2025
Feed Grains Weekly: Quieter demand pulls prices down
Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed prices for barley and wheat have pulled back a little following an upward swing that started in November and ended in early December, said Travis Ebens of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
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.
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.
Feed Grain Weekly: Quiet trade to close the year
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed grain prices are not expected to change drastically in the coming months, said a Saskatchewan-based trader.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids, U.S. futures down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian wheat futures were down for the week ended Dec. 9, 2025 due to weaker U.S. futures and a stronger loonie.
USDA sees tighter U.S. corn stocks, soybeans and wheat unchanged
Reading Time: < 1 minute The USDA is forecasting tighter U.S. corn ending stocks for 2025/26 due to increased exports. The supply/demand balance sheets for soybeans and wheat were unchanged.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide below $11 on demand doubts
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American crop weather favored large soy harvests that could begin in about a month, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures posted their first weekly loss in eight weeks at Friday’s close. Corn and wheat futures were also lower.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices levelling as demand wanes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soft demand has feed grain prices levelling off, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, Alta.
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