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Senator Rob Black speaks at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in September of 2024. Photo: Diana Martin

Black tables soil health protection bill in Senate

Legislation would recognize soil as a strategic national asset

By Jonah Grignon June 13, 2025

Senator Rob Black sponsored Bill S-230, An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy for Soil Health Protection, Conservation and Enhancement. If passed, it would mandate the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and other relevant ministers, to develop a national soil health strategy.

Canola, Markets

USDA adjusts Canadian canola exports, ending stocks

Data varies from AAFC numbers

By Glen Hallick June 13, 2025

There were some notable changes to Canadian canola made in the United States Department of Agriculture world oilseed report issued on June 12. The USDA increased its call on 2024/25 canola exports and trimmed those for 2025/26, and reduced carryout projections for both marketing years.

Photo: Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

News, Reuters

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

By Karl Plume, Reuters June 13, 2025

Global agribusiness Bunge Global has received regulatory approval from China for its acquisition of grain handler Viterra and expects to close the $34 billion deal "on or around July 2," the company said in a statement on Friday.

Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids dip with U.S. futures, rising loonie

Durum narrowly mixed

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 13, 2025

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended June 12, as losses in the United States futures and strength in the Canadian dollar weighed on values.

Markets, News, Reuters

US EPA proposes higher biofuel blending volumes through 2027

By Reuters, Stephanie Kelly June 13, 2025

The Trump administration on Friday proposed to increase the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must blend into the nation’s fuel mix over the next two years, driven by a surge in biomass-based diesel mandates.

Livestock, News, Reuters

Brazil beef barons’ Wall Street listing caps a return from exile

Meat packer JBS began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday

By Lisandra Paraguassu, Luciana Magalhaes, Reuters, Ricardo Brito June 13, 2025

Brazilian meatpacker JBS begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, capping a stunning comeback by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista less than a decade after they were jailed in a record-breaking corruption scandal and forced into the backseat of their global food empire.

Photo: JJ Gouin/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Markets, Reuters

ADM sets off ‘frenzy’ in US soybean market ahead of new biofuel blend rule

U.S. officials are expected to propose biofuel blending requirements below industry recommendations

By Karl Plume, Reuters, Tom Polansek June 13, 2025

Archer-Daniels-Midland, a major U.S. soybean crusher and biofuel producer, slashed its bids to buy the oilseed this week ahead of an expected Trump administration announcement on biofuel blending requirements, a primary driver of demand for soybean oil - and a prospective source of demand for Canadian canola.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit 1-wk low on demand worries; wheat sags, corn firms

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 12, 2025

U.S. soybean futures fell to one-week lows on Thursday as weak domestic cash markets, poor weekly export sales and worries about the size of U.S. biofuel mandates raised fears about demand for the oilseed, brokers said.

Protesters in New York City on June 10, 2025. Protests have erupted across the U.S. in response to ICE raids and deportations. Photo: Bryan Smith/ZUMA Press Wire

News, Reuters

Trump promises immigration order soon on farm and leisure workers

By Reuters June 12, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would issue an order soon to address the effects of his immigration crackdown on the country's farm and hotel industries, which rely heavily on migrant labor.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower; hogs mostly up

By Geralyn Wichers June 12, 2025

Most Chicago cattle futures slipped back on Thursday while most hog futures made slight gains.

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

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U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Black tables soil health protection bill in Senate

USDA adjusts Canadian canola exports, ending stocks

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

Prairie wheat bids dip with U.S. futures, rising loonie

US EPA proposes higher biofuel blending volumes through 2027

Brazil beef barons’ Wall Street listing caps a return from exile

ADM sets off ‘frenzy’ in US soybean market ahead of new biofuel blend rule

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit 1-wk low on demand worries; wheat sags, corn firms

Trump promises immigration order soon on farm and leisure workers

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower; hogs mostly up

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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