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Prairie forecast: Winter settles in

Forecast issued Nov. 20, covering Nov. 20 to 27, 2024

By Daniel Bezte November 20, 2024

You might be happy to know (or maybe not) that for this forecast period we should see a quieter but colder weather pattern across the Prairies. Arctic high pressure will be pulled southwards behind the eastern Prairie low and brings the first really taste of winter.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week high on fears of escalating Russia-Ukraine war

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters November 19, 2024

U.S. wheat futures rose for a third-straight session on Tuesday, posting a one-week high on fears of escalating war in the Black Sea breadbasket region amid rising tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, analysts said.

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Popham returns as B.C. ag minister

Former minister shuffled back to ag file after election

By Dave Bedard November 19, 2024

Lana Popham was named Monday as minister of agriculture post by returning Premier David Eby, following the New Democrats' whisker-thin return to majority government in the Oct. 19 election.

AAFC slightly adjusted a few numbers in its November report.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Lentils, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2024

There were only small changes to the updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Nov. 19. All of the other data in the AAFC report were carried over from its October report.

Canola, Crops, Markets, News

Canadian agriculture minister visits China

MacAulay in China week of Nov. 11

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2024

The Canadian government confirmed on Nov. 19 that Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay met with Chinese officials to discuss the canola trade between the two countries. This came about a week after rumours in the media began swirling about the trip.

British television presenter and farm owner Jeremy Clarkson gestures, as he reacts to a media question during a demonstration protesting against the Labour government’s new agricultural policy, which includes a budget measure expected to increase inheritance tax liabilities for some farmers, in London, Britain, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville

News, Reuters

Thousands of British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance

By Reuters, Sarah Young November 19, 2024

Thousands of farmers protested at Britain's parliament on Tuesday, some driving tractors through central London, to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.

File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market climbs another step

By Jerry Klassen November 19, 2024

For the week ending November 16, Western Canadian calves over 650 pounds were up $3-$6/cwt compared to seven days earlier. Calves under 650 pounds traded $4/cwt to as much as $10/cwt higher.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to media on the Parliament premises in New Delhi in this Nov. 18, 2019 file photo. (Photo: Reuters/Altaf Hussain)

News, Reuters

Modi’s inflation-blowing farm pivot may not be enough to win key Indian state

By Rajendra Jadhav, Reuters November 19, 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several pro-farmer but inflation-stoking measures in recent months, such as easing curbs on rice and onion exports, but that may not prove enough for him to sway an election on Wednesday in a key state.

File photo of a wheat field in northern Ukraine on July 14, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

News, Reuters

Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen rising on larger sowing area, minister says

By Pavel Polityuk, Reuters November 19, 2024

Ukraine's wheat harvest may increase to up to 25 million metric tons next year from an expected 22 million tons this year thanks to a larger sowing area, the first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters in an interview.

Markets, News, Reuters

Canada’s inflation rate jumps back to two per cent, curbing large rate-cut bets

By Ismail Shakil, Reuters November 19, 2024

Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated more than expected to 2.0 per cent in October as gas prices fell less than the previous month, data showed on Tuesday, shrinking market bets for a bigger rate cut next month.

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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Prairie forecast: Winter settles in

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week high on fears of escalating Russia-Ukraine war

Popham returns as B.C. ag minister

Only small changes in latest AAFC estimates

Canadian agriculture minister visits China

Thousands of British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance

Klassen: Feeder market climbs another step

Modi’s inflation-blowing farm pivot may not be enough to win key Indian state

Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen rising on larger sowing area, minister says

Canada’s inflation rate jumps back to two per cent, curbing large rate-cut bets

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