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Klassen: Feeder market slips off record highs

By Jerry Klassen September 23, 2025

For the week ending September 20, Western Canadian feeder markets traded steady to $5/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. There were pockets where quality calf packages traded $10-$15/cwt below prices from the prior week. The October feeder cattle futures have been trading at $15/cwt premium to the deferred March 2026 contract. This inverse in […] Read more

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China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

By Reuters September 23, 2025

Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang met political and business leaders from the U.S. Midwest. Analysts speculate the region’s food exports will be key to any U.S.-China trade deal.

Windmills in central Manitoba disappear into heavy smoke June 9, 2025. Wildfires in Manitoba and across Western Canada led to widespread air quality warnings through May and June 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

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Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

By Reuters September 23, 2025

As Canada’s western provinces experience the second-worst wildfire season in decades, driven by hotter and drier conditions due to climate change, some canola farmers say they are seeing an unexpected benefit to the hazy summer skies.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters September 22, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday after news that New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was detected 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, analysts said. Analysts believed the news would mean the U.S.-Mexico border will be closed to feeder cattle imports for the foreseeable future. “It’s bullish […] Read more

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Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2025

Canadian pork industry members are headed to Japan on a trade mission this week as Canada supplants the U.S. as Japan’s top pork supplier.

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U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters September 22, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – soybeans fell to a six-week low on Monday, as a phone call last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping provided no signs of progress on negotiations over agricultural exports, analysts said. Wheat fell on expectations of plentiful global supplies. Corn also dipped as dealers awaited the […] Read more

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Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

By Ed White, Reuters September 22, 2025

Canada’s durum crop has been damaged from rainy, damp conditions, with some farmers holding off on harvesting crops in the hopes of drier weather the Canadian Grain Commission said.

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Canada could diversify $12 billion in farm and food exports away from U.S. says FCC

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2025

Canada could move $12 billion worth of food and beverage exports to non-U.S. markets according to a new report from Farm Credit Canada.

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Argentina throws wrench into China-U.S. soybean trade says Cordonnier

By Glen Hallick September 22, 2025

In an unexpected move, Argentina has seriously disrupted any possible new crop soybean purchases to be made by China from the United States, said analyst Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.

A swathed and dried down canola crop lies awaiting the combine near Mariapolis, Man., on Aug. 30, 2025. Photo: Alexis Stockford

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Increased interest-free canola cash advances rolling out

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2025

Doubled interest-free advances for canola through the Advance Payments Program are now available says the Canadian Canola Growers Association.

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Klassen: Feeder market slips off record highs

China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

Canadian durum samples show damage from wet weather

Canada could diversify $12 billion in farm and food exports away from U.S. says FCC

Argentina throws wrench into China-U.S. soybean trade says Cordonnier

Increased interest-free canola cash advances rolling out

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