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Bison rest from the summer heat in a paddock in the southern Interlake of Manitoba.
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Prairie forecast: Sunny and warm with a chance of rain

Forecast issued July 30, covering July 30 to August 6, 2025

This forecast period is looking much more stable and predictable as a large area of high pressure dominates the Prairie region.

July 30, 2025

Markets, News, reuters

Bangladesh to buy 220,000 tons of U.S. wheat to cool tariff tension

Bangladesh's government has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of wheat from the United States as part of efforts to cool trade tensions and reduce steep import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, a Dhaka official said on Wednesday.

July 30, 2025

News, reuters

Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures

A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it impossible to use traditional pest control methods, officials and producers say.

July 30, 2025

News, reuters

Bank of Canada holds rates steady and says global trade war risk has eased

The Bank of Canada held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the third time in a row on Wednesday, as expected, and said the risk of a severe and escalating global trade war had diminished.

July 30, 2025

Markets, reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures extend slide on milder weather forecasts

Chicago corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday for a third straight session as forecasts for cooler Midwest temperatures this week and continued periodic rains reinforced expectations for ample U.S. harvests, analysts said.

July 29, 2025

A seeder sows wheat at a farm in Bencubbin, Australia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams To match Special Report CLIMATE-FOOD/WHEAT

Crop Management, reuters

Less rain, more wheat: How Australian farmers defied climate doom

Australia’s research system, focus on closing yield gap help drive success

Australia's gains in wheat farm productivity have exceeded those in the United States, Canada and Europe and continue to rise while those of other developed markets slow or reverse.

July 29, 2025

Livestock Management, News, reuters

Canada says Australia has re-opened market access for beef and beef products

Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

July 29, 2025

Markets, News

China’s soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season

China's appetite for soybeans is likely to weaken during the peak U.S. marketing season later this year, as record imports earlier in 2025 and tepid demand from animal feed producers have pushed up soymeal inventories at home, trade sources said.

July 29, 2025

News, reuters

Potash miner K+S reports Q2 core profit miss, confirms 2025 guidance

German potash and salt miner K+S, which has a site at Bethune, Saskatchewan, on Tuesday reported second-quarter core profit below expectations but reaffirmed its 2025 guidance.

July 29, 2025

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

Crop Management, Markets, reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit two-week low; soy slides, wheat steadies

U.S. corn futures hit a two-week low on Monday and soybeans also fell as market players continued to brace for large crops and forecasts called for milder, non-threatening weather in the Midwest production belt.

July 28, 2025

Reuters

Prairie forecast: Sunny and warm with a chance of rain

Bangladesh to buy 220,000 tons of U.S. wheat to cool tariff tension

Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures

Bank of Canada holds rates steady and says global trade war risk has eased

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures extend slide on milder weather forecasts

Less rain, more wheat: How Australian farmers defied climate doom

Canada says Australia has re-opened market access for beef and beef products

China’s soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season

Potash miner K+S reports Q2 core profit miss, confirms 2025 guidance

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit two-week low; soy slides, wheat steadies

Alberta Beef Producers announces withdrawal from Canadian Cattle Association

Farm Credit Canada extends support for canola producers

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

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