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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.

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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.

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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.

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

CBOT Weekly: USDA plantings, stocks reports out March 31

Corn should be the winner in both reports

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 26, 2025

March 31 will be a busy day in the commodities market with the United States Department of Agriculture scheduled to release two major reports. At 11 am CDT on that Monday, the USDA will issue its grain stocks as of March 1 report along with its prospective plantings estimates for this spring.

Corn bids and offers have lately been far apart, with bids generally a dollar or more below the C$12 per bushel Ontario farmers would like to see. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Barley, Corn, Livestock, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices stand still amidst tariff troubles

Politics driving feed grain markets

By Adam Peleshaty March 20, 2025

Tariffs from China and the United States have paralyzed feed grain markets in Western Canada according to Market Master Ltd. owner Susanne Leclerc from Edmonton.

The organic winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Ontario. Photo: Allan Dawson/File

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Weather takes some attention off of tariffs

Forecasts, soil conditions affect prices

By Adam Peleshaty March 19, 2025

Weather and soil conditions have taken some of the focus off of tariffs at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended March 19, 2025.

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