Animal feed researchers are discovering new uses for canola meal.
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USDA sees tighter U.S. corn stocks, soybeans and wheat unchanged
The USDA is forecasting tighter U.S. corn ending stocks for 2025/26 due to increased exports. The supply/demand balance sheets for soybeans and wheat were unchanged.
Farm Credit Canada thinks big about the future
Farm Credit Canada CEO Justine Hendricks says the corporation will act as a catalyst as it helps primary producers
Justine Hendricks, chief executive officer of Farm Credit Canada, says the corporation’s transformative strategy will yield real results for the industry.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower Monday
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly lower Monday, seeing a modest correction to start the week after rising in early December. The February live cattle contract lost 0.475 cents per pound at 226.675 cents. Feeder cattle were down 2.875 cents in the March contract at 330.425 cents per pound. An estimated 600,000 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide below $11 on demand doubts
U.S. soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American crop weather favored large soy harvests that could begin in about a month, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on improving cash prices, packer demand
Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set a three-week high and feeder cattle hit their highest level in five weeks on Friday as cash prices rose and demand improved from meatpackers, brokers said. The markets advanced for the fourth consecutive session as prices recovered from a steep slide that began in October after […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts
Soybean futures posted their first weekly loss in eight weeks at Friday’s close. Corn and wheat futures were also lower.
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices levelling as demand wanes
Soft demand has feed grain prices levelling off, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, Alta.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn futures rose modestly on Thursday on chart-based buying, firm cash markets and reminders of brisk export demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures followed the firm trend, shrugging off pressure from larger-than-expected estimates of Canada’s wheat and canola harvests. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures […] Read more
Canada’s top wheat customer might surprise you
Bangladesh emerges as top buyer of Canadian wheat so far this crop year
Bangladesh has been the top buyer of Canadian wheat through the first three months of 2025-26, buying 10 times as much as it did during the same period last year.
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