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U.S. livestock: Cattle add to gains; exports up year-over-year in November

By Geralyn Wichers January 10, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures added small gains to contract highs, Friday. Most active February live cattle futures closed at 198.775 cents per pound, up 1.175 cents from Thursday. April live cattle were up 1.200 cents to 199.475 cents a pound.

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

Cuts to U.S. soybean, corn production

U.S. soybean, corn stocks mixed, more winter wheat planted

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 10, 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture cut its calls for 2024/25 U.S. soybean and corn production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released Jan. 10.

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

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Federal liberals to choose new leader on March 9

By Kanishka Singh, Reuters January 10, 2025

Outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party said late on Thursday it will choose a new leader on March 9 ahead of the 2025 elections for which polls show the party in a very weak position.

Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices step back

Stronger greenback weakens U.S. wheat

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 10, 2025

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were lower during the week ended Jan. 9.

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.
Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar/File

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Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited

By Daniel Wiessner, Lisa Baertlein, Reuters January 10, 2025

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.

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Germany confirms first case of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years

By Reuters January 10, 2025

German authorities confirmed the country's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on Friday in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin.

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise as traders position ahead of USDA report

By Renee Hickman, Reuters January 9, 2025

Chicago soybean and corn futures ticked up on Thursday as traders squared positions ahead of a major U.S. Department of Agriculture supply-and-demand report due on Friday.

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures take back losses to hit fresh highs

By Geralyn Wichers January 9, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures hit fresh highs on Thursday after Wednesday’s technical reversal.

Barley, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now

Increases unlikely until late February

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 9, 2025

As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

Cereals, Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Second spring wheat futures market on the horizon

Making the smallest contract even smaller - analyst

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 9, 2025

The CME Group has plans to launch a new Hard Red Spring Wheat futures and options market in the second quarter of 2025, rivalling the Minneapolis hard red spring wheat contracts now traded through the MIAX platform.

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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U.S. livestock: Cattle add to gains; exports up year-over-year in November

Cuts to U.S. soybean, corn production

Federal liberals to choose new leader on March 9

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices step back

Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited

Germany confirms first case of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rise as traders position ahead of USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures take back losses to hit fresh highs

Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now

Second spring wheat futures market on the horizon

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