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The Port of Thunder Bay has seen above-average grain and potash shipments this spring.

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Wednesday, a few hours before United States President Donald Trump unveiled his reciprocal tariff plan.

The number of Canadian organic producers and processors fell by nearly 300 in 2022 according to the latest industry stats. “There’s people coming in and there’s people going out,” said Tia Loftsgard, executive director of the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA). 

There were several increases in the producer deliveries major grains report for March compared to a year ago, according to Statistics Canada on April 28. However, there were notable decreases in canola and rye from March to March.

Grain movement through the St. Lawrence Seaway was up by five per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year, with Canadian wheat accounting for well over half of all the grain moved, according to a joint report from the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLMC) and the United States Great Lakes St. Lawrence Development Corporation (GLS) released May 27.

Unionized workers at Olymel's bacon processing plant at Drummondville, Que. have voted to accept a four-year deal, ending a three-week strike and serving as a "signal" to employers in the region, their union said. Olymel announced Friday that CSN-represented workers at the Bacon Inter-America facility, who'd been on strike since May 26, voted 93.6 per[...]

Optimism over increased Chinese demand along with weather concerns in Brazil gave the Chicago soybean market a boost and triggered some fund short covering over the past week, but the futures will likely face stiff resistance to the upside going forward.

P&H will construct a third flour mill and expand facilities at its Hamilton, Ont., site, it announced today.

Grain and oilseed growers and cattle, hog, sheep and veal producers in Ontario now get until June 30 this year to secure coverage under that province's Risk Management Program (RMP). The province on May 29 announced the deadlines for grain and oilseed producers to submit their completed RMP applications and make any coverage changes --[...]

MarketsFarm – As a spring wheat tour of the Northern Plains of the United States wraps up, grain traders are awaiting the results with great interest. “That has wheat excited all over again, because (traders are) already well aware yields are going to be quite low,” said Ryan Ettner, broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry,[...]