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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 21, 2025

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Friday, pressured by the removal of United States tariffs on Brazilian beef announced Thursday. The 40-per cent tariffs were removed by the White House to bring down beef prices and should result in Brazilian beef moving into the U.S. once again. Talk that the U.S. […] Read more

Cereals, Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 21, 2025

Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.

Barley’s relative strength against wheat has brought higher-than-expected costs for buyers. Photo: file

News, Reuters

‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply

Barley usually at discount to wheat

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Reuters November 21, 2025

Feed barley prices in Europe are matching or surpassing milling wheat, an unusual trend driven by strong export demand and tight supply.

News

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award

By Jonah Grignon November 21, 2025

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award at the 2025 Canadian Tourism Awards. Photo: Paul Yanko

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

By Reuters, Tom Polansek November 20, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell further at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday under pressure from fund selling and lower cash prices, traders said. Futures have dropped over the past month after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working to lower beef prices for consumers, triggering steep selloffs in cattle that […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

By Reuters, Tom Polansek November 20, 2025

U.S. soybean futures on Thursday extended a setback from a 17-month high reached this week, as confirmation of more Chinese purchases of American supplies failed to spark a new rally.

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

By Adam Peleshaty November 20, 2025

Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.

Canola, Markets

Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown

By Phil Franz-Warkentin November 20, 2025

Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.

Contributed file from a 2018 study called Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Transmission: A comparison of Incriminated Vectors, by Paula Rozo-Lopez, Barbara S. Drolet and Beline Londono-Renteria

Livestock, News

CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona

By Diana Martin November 20, 2025

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat, corn crop forecasts

By Reuters November 20, 2025

Global stocks of grain are set to increase during the 2025/26 season for the first time in four years, the International Grains Council said on Thursday as it raised its forecasts for both wheat and corn crops.

GFM Network News

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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