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Global Markets: U.S. government shuts down

By GFM Network News October 1, 2025

The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump and Congress failed in a last-minute attempt to keep government programs and services running, causing the first U.S. government shutdown in more than six years starting today. A vote to extend government funding by […] Read more

Currency Markets

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie, crude oil lower

By GFM Network News October 1, 2025

The Canadian dollar moved downward on Wednesday morning. The loonie was at US$0.7170 or US$1=C$1.3947 as of 8:29 a.m. CDT, compared to Monday’s close at US$0.7183 or US$1=C$1.3921. The Bank of Canada did not post an exchange rate on Tuesday due to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The United States Dollar […] Read more

Futures

ICE Canada Morning Comment: November canola around C$600

By GFM Network News October 1, 2025

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were lower on Wednesday morning, after the market was closed yesterday for a holiday. While the nearby November contract continued to hover above C$600 per tonne, it dipped below that level before returning above that mark. The advancing Prairie harvest, along with declines […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

By Heather Schlitz, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters September 29, 2025

U.S. corn and soybean futures were lower on Monday in choppy trade, pressured by the expanding Midwest harvest of both crops, but uncertainty about quarterly government stocks data due on Tuesday kept a floor under prices, analysts said.

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters September 29, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per […] Read more

Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie dips with drop in crude

By GFM Network News September 29, 2025

By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar stepped back a tenth of a cent on Monday, due to sharp declines in crude oil while losses in the United States dollar tempered any further pull backs. The loonie closed at US$0.7183 or US$1=C$1.3921 compared to Friday’s close of US$0.7173 or US$1=C$1.33941. […] Read more

Futures

North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola drops, U.S. grain mixed

By GFM Network News September 29, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia — Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange ended Monday on a low note, being pressured by the harvest, weaker comparable oils and by the funds shifting from a near record long to going short. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Friday, using Statistics Canada data. The 2025-26 […] Read more

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More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections

By Glen Hallick September 29, 2025

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.

Futures

ICE Midday: Canola under pressure from oils, harvest

By GFM Network News September 29, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange took another step lower in the middle of Monday trading, weakened by comparable oils and harvest pressure. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Friday, using Statistics Canada’s numbers to project the 2025-26 canola crop at 20.028 million tonnes, below some […] Read more

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Global Markets: AAFC releases September estimates

By GFM Network News September 29, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Sept. 26. The production forecast for 2025-26 canola was 20.028 million tonnes. Some in the trade believe the crop could exceed 21 million. Exports […] Read more

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Global Markets: U.S. government shuts down

Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie, crude oil lower

ICE Canada Morning Comment: November canola around C$600

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie dips with drop in crude

North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola drops, U.S. grain mixed

More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections

ICE Midday: Canola under pressure from oils, harvest

Global Markets: AAFC releases September estimates

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