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Organic growers have watched conventional crop prices rise over the past few months which has cut into their premiums. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: April S/D report generates few changes

Trump tariffs on, off days prior to report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2025

Very little changed in the monthly supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture on April 10 from its March estimates, including the note at the top stating the data considered the trade policies at the time of publication.

Corn, News, Winter Wheat

European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains

U.S. trade war could make EU wheat more attractive to China

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide April 10, 2025

European Union soft wheat is set to benefit from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, consultancy Strategie Grains said, as it raised its output estimates for all major EU cereals this year due to improved growing conditions.

Crops, Features, Spring Wheat

Later is better when spraying for fusarium

Some advice to growers still recommends spraying earlier, but researchers say recent studies point in the opposite direction

By Robert Arnason April 10, 2025

Research and field testing in North Dakota indicate the best time to spray for fusarium head blight is when the first flowers appear in the centre of the wheat head.

Barley, Beef Cattle, Corn, Lentils, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Tariff fears on cattle leads to weak demand

Expect slow spring, summer

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 9, 2025

As tariff issues continue to hover around the globe, there has been a sharp reduction in the number of cattle in Canadian feedlots, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. And that has reduced the demand for feed grains in Western Canada to a trickle.

‘There isn’t a lot of pricing available out there for old or new crop on a lot of commodities.’ – Scott Shiels. Photo: Thinkstock

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mixed

Wheat complex bumps up, tariff concerns weigh on values

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 4, 2025

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were mixed during the week ended April 3. While upticks in the United States wheat complex lent support, concerns over the worldwide reciprocal tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on April 2 generated a lot of uneasiness in the markets.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Soy takes hardest hit with Trump tariffs

Biodiesel plan boosted Chicago soy

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 3, 2025

The day after the so-called 'Liberation Day' the Chicago Board of Trade was experiencing a mixed reaction, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.

Barley, Beef Cattle, Corn, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Barley waning, wheat on the rise

Trump’s tariffs a wild card

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 2, 2025

While feed barley prices are generally flat across the Prairies, those for feed wheat are climbing, said Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.

Cereals, Markets, News, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

More corn to be seeded, USDA forecasts

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 31, 2025

As expected, there's to be an increase in corn plantings this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated in its prospective planting report released on March 31. As well, the USDA reduced soybean and all wheat plantings.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Markets, Oats, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Higher deliveries in most grains reports StatCan

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 28, 2025

Most farmer deliveries of reported grains increased in February from the year before, according to Statistics Canada on March 28.

Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Bids mixed despite lower U.S. futures

By Adam Peleshaty March 28, 2025

Western Canadian wheat prices went in both directions despite lower U.S. futures and a stronger Canadian dollar during the week ended March 27, 2025.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

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