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U.S. grains: Soybean futures hit one-month high on U.S.-China trade hopes

By Reuters October 20, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures hit their highest level in a month on Monday on renewed optimism over U.S.-China trade talks after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would agree to a soybean trade deal and will buy U.S. soy again.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Markets, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: AAFC forecast stands pat

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 20, 2025

There were no changes to the pulse numbers for 2025/26 in the October supply and demand report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on Oct. 17. So far it has translated into Western Canadian pulse prices holding steady.

China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions

News, Reuters

Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from U.S., China

By Reuters October 20, 2025

Canada offered tariff relief on some steel and aluminum products imported from the U.S. and China, a government document showed, in efforts to help domestic businesses battered by a trade war on two fronts.

Markets, News, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Australia’s wheat production outlook improves as harvest begins

By Reuters October 20, 2025

Analysts have raised their estimates for Australia’s wheat harvest, a Reuters poll showed, as better-than-expected yields in western cropping regions boosted the production outlook despite losses caused by dry conditions in parts of the south.

Markets, News, Reuters

China imports no U.S. soybeans in September for first time in seven years

By Reuters October 20, 2025

China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time since November 2018 that shipments fell to zero, while South American shipments surged from a year earlier, as buyers shunned American cargoes during the ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

News, Reuters, Weather

Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina

By Reuters October 20, 2025

Australia’s weather bureau is not convinced that a La Nina weather pattern is forming that could change rainfall patterns and bring wilder weather to parts of the Americas, Asia and Oceania, affecting crop production.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall sharply as Trump says he’s working to lower beef costs

By Geralyn Wichers October 17, 2025

Chicago cattle futures fell sharply on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was working to lower the cost of beef. “We are working on beef, and I think we have a deal on beef,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “No specifics were released on any plan, though the market is taking a […] Read more

Crops

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest reaches completion

By Adam Peleshaty October 17, 2025

Alberta’s harvest is virtually complete at 99.4 per cent finished, ahead of the five-year and 10-year averages at this time of the season.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on yield uncertainty, firming cash markets

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 17, 2025

U.S. corn futures extended gains into a fourth session on Friday and posted the first weekly rise in a month as slow farmer sales of newly harvested grain and reports of lower-than-expected harvest yields supported the market.

Markets

Only minor shifts in latest AAFC grain/oilseed balance sheets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 17, 2025

Updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Oct. 17, included only minor adjustments to the balance sheets for the country’s major grains and oilseeds.

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Daily news

U.S. grains: Soybean futures hit one-month high on U.S.-China trade hopes

Pulse Weekly: AAFC forecast stands pat

Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from U.S., China

Australia’s wheat production outlook improves as harvest begins

China imports no U.S. soybeans in September for first time in seven years

Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall sharply as Trump says he’s working to lower beef costs

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest reaches completion

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on yield uncertainty, firming cash markets

Only minor shifts in latest AAFC grain/oilseed balance sheets

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