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Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter

By Daniel Bezte October 29, 2025

Forecast issued October 29, covering Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, 2025 Highlights: Overview I can’t say last week’s forecast played out exactly as expected — but that’s not too surprising. Overall confidence was on the low side. While the models did a decent job with the big picture, a few smaller details didn’t line up. […] Read more

Markets, News, Reuters

China buys U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters October 29, 2025

China’s state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country’s first purchases from this year’s U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters October 29, 2025

Chicago soybean futures reached their highest in 15 months on Tuesday, briefly topping $11 a bushel on optimism that the U.S. could reach a trade deal with China as leaders from both countries are expected to meet in South Korea on Thursday.

Markets

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices to stay steady, says broker

By Adam Peleshaty October 29, 2025

Prices are expected to stay flat, according to a Lethbridge-based broker.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out

By Geralyn Wichers October 28, 2025

Chicago live cattle futures leveled out to finish on either side of unchanged, Tuesday, after days of precipitous declines. Feeders continued to fall. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 226.575 cents a pound, down 0.600 cents. February contracts rose by 0.100 cents to settle at 224.100 cents per pound. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures […] Read more

News

Trade tensions boosted confidence in Canadian food system, report shows

By Jonah Grignon October 28, 2025

U.S. tariff threats have boosted Canadians’ view of the nation’s food system according to the 2025 public trust report from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. Trust in Canadian farmers remains high but has been eclipsed by trust in scientists.

Cattle graze on a pasture in Manitoba’s Interlake in July 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market softens on weaker demand

By Jerry Klassen October 28, 2025

For the week ending October 25, Western Canadian yearling markets traded steady to $10/cwt below prices from the previous week. Calves in the range of 550 pounds to 850 pounds were down $8 to $12 on average while feeders under 550 pounds were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. U.S. government comments regarding the […] Read more

A farmer plucks cotton from a field partially damaged by excessive rainfall in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of the western state of Maharashtra, India, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav

News, Reuters

Monsoon promise turns sour for India’s crops ruined by late downpours

By rajendra-jadhav, Reuters October 28, 2025

Indian farmers’ hopes for bumper crops following this year’s abundant monsoon rains were dashed by heavy downpours just before harvest that damaged their fields.

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on concerns over Trump’s push to lower prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 27, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures tumbled on Monday, extending a steep slide after President Donald Trump complained last week that prices were too high. Traders said they were increasingly expecting that Trump’s administration will encourage more imports of beef and cattle in a bid to offset tight U.S. supplies and bring down prices […] Read more

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal

By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 27, 2025

U.S. soybean futures jumped to their highest level in more than four months on Monday on hopes that China will resume buying American supplies after President Donald Trump said the countries were set to reach a trade deal during his trip to Asia this week.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

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Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up

Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter

China buys U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices to stay steady, says broker

U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out

Trade tensions boosted confidence in Canadian food system, report shows

Klassen: Feeder market softens on weaker demand

Monsoon promise turns sour for India’s crops ruined by late downpours

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on concerns over Trump’s push to lower prices

U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal

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