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USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 5 days ago

Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.

Barley’s relative strength against wheat has brought higher-than-expected costs for buyers. Photo: file

News, Reuters

‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply

Barley usually at discount to wheat

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Reuters 5 days ago

Feed barley prices in Europe are matching or surpassing milling wheat, an unusual trend driven by strong export demand and tight supply.

News

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award

By Jonah Grignon 5 days ago

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award at the 2025 Canadian Tourism Awards. Photo: Paul Yanko

A 3D rooster is among the fabric and fibre art pieces on display at MacGregor during the fall TFAM exhibit. Photo: Donna Gamache

News

Fibre and fabric art shines in Manitoba

Manitoba’s fibre and textile artists are showing off their skills in MacGregor in November 2025, one of several shows they organize each year

By Donna Gamache 6 days ago

Manitoba’s fibre and textile artists are showing off their wool, thread and other material skills in MacGregor in November 2025.

Contributed file from a 2018 study called Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Transmission: A comparison of Incriminated Vectors, by Paula Rozo-Lopez, Barbara S. Drolet and Beline Londono-Renteria

Livestock, News

CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona

By Diana Martin November 20, 2025

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.

canola, Markets, News

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 19, 2025

Canadian canola futures are poised to slip back in the short term, although the oilseed could climb slowly higher in the long term, said Jamie Wilton, trader with R.J. O’Brien in Winnipeg, Man.

News, Reuters

Trump administration may delay biofuel import credit cuts as refiners balk

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By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters November 19, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delaying for one or two years its proposed cuts in incentives for imported biofuels amid pressure from U.S. refiners who argue the move could raise costs and tighten fuel supplies, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

A field of standing corn is a tempting target for local deer northwest of Shoal Lake March 19, 2024. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

News

Manitoba launches CWD tracking tool

A newly launched digital dashboard allows hunters to track where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Manitoba

By Miranda Leybourne November 18, 2025

A newly launched digital dashboard allows hunters to track where chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Manitoba

A bulk grain carrier ship is loaded in a port. Photo: sandsun/Getty Images Plus

News, Reuters

China snaps up U.S. soybeans after pledge to Trump, but at high price, traders say

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By Karl Plume, Reuters November 18, 2025

China bought at least 14 cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, two traders with knowledge of the deals said, its largest purchase since at least January and the most significant since a summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in October.

Screen capture from a YouTube video put out by Merit Functional Foods. Photo: Screen capture/Merit Functional Foods video via YouTube

News

Merit bankruptcy proceedings begin

Winnipeg-based Merit Functional Foods filed for bankruptcy in October after being in receivership since 2023

By Miranda Leybourne November 18, 2025

Winnipeg-based Merit Functional Foods filed for bankruptcy in October after being in receivership since 2023

Daily Network News

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases

U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

News & Opinion

USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere

‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply

Ag in Motion wins business tourism award

Fibre and fabric art shines in Manitoba

CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound

Trump administration may delay biofuel import credit cuts as refiners balk

Manitoba launches CWD tracking tool

China snaps up U.S. soybeans after pledge to Trump, but at high price, traders say

Merit bankruptcy proceedings begin

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