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Even before tariffs were imposed by United States President Donald Trump on March 4, the levies were having an impact on Western Canadian feed grain prices, said Jay Janzen of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.

China and Brazil are to further solidify their positions as the world's number two and three corn producers, according to attache reports from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Some adjustments to Argentine soybeans were made by the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires. While the USDA and its attaché agreed Argentina's soybean harvest for the 2024/25 marketing year is to be 49 million tonnes, the two differed on other categories. The report was issued during the week of March 10.

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Wednesday

Futures for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are set to rise for two reasons, said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Illinois — the planting progress being made by United States farmers and "seasonality"

Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to slowly recover by the end of March, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. However, the tariff policies of the Trump administration could easily redirect that trend.

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mixed during the week ended May 1, while those for amber durum fell back.

The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.

The path canola is to take as January turns to February has been marked by “extreme uncertainties,” explained broker Ken Ball of Ventum Financial in Winnipeg.

To Errol Andersson of Errol's Commodity Wire in Calgary, there's little doubt the Trump administration will press ahead with tariffs on Canada and Mexico.