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Global Markets: U.S./China reach temporary agreement

By GFM Network News May 12, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Monthly supply/demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture will be released at 11:00 a.m. CDT today. The data will include the agency’s first forecasts for 2025/26 production and usage. China and the

Futures markets

ICE canola prolongs rally

By GFM Network News May 12, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The ICE Futures canola market extended its rally on Monday morning as tight supplies and a strong export demand provided support for the oilseed. Chicago soyoil and European rapeseed were also higher, while Malaysian palm oil did not trade due to a holiday. Crude oil was up around US$2 per

Canada might have fewer green peas than official numbers suggest.

Crops, Markets

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

Analysts say crop insurance data and high prices indicate that stocks of the crop are higher than Statistics Canada is reporting

By Sean Pratt May 11, 2025

Crop insurance data and high prices of green peas indicate that Canada’s stocks of the crop are higher than Statistics Canada is reporting

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains

By Geralyn Wichers May 9, 2025

Chicago cattle futures ended mixed, while lean hogs made small gains on Friday.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks

By Reuters May 9, 2025

Chicago soybean and corn futures bounced on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of Saturday's meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials and a widely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, analysts said.

Currency markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie, crude oil in opposite directions

By GFM Network News May 9, 2025

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar dipped on Friday, capping off a tough week in which the currency lost more than six-tenths of a United States cent. The loonie ended the day at US$0.7180 or US$1=C$1.3927, compared to US$0.7191 or US$1=C$1.3907 on Thursday. Statistics Canada reported the country’s unemployment rate rose to 6.9

‘Low yields, good quality’ have been the story of this organic growing year. Photo: Thinkstock

Markets, News

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

Trading volumes a fraction of Minneapolis spring wheat

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 9, 2025

The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.

Futures markets

North American grain/oilseed review: Canola at 18-month highs to end week

By GFM Network News May 9, 2025

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was stronger on Friday, settling at its highest levels since November 2023. Canada has exported 7.9 million tonnes of canola through the first nine months of the crop year, according to the latest weekly export sales data. That’s well ahead of

Futures markets

ICE canola strengthens at midday Friday

By GFM Network News May 9, 2025

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was stronger at midday Friday, underpinned by supportive technical signals and the need to ration demand. Weekly Canadian canola exports of 184,500 tonnes were up eight per cent from the previous week, with 2024/25 year-to-date exports of 7.9 million tonnes. That’s

A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File

Markets, News, Reuters

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Peter Hobson, Reuters May 9, 2025

Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China's agricultural heartlands.

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

Markets

Global Markets: U.S./China reach temporary agreement

ICE canola prolongs rally

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie, crude oil in opposite directions

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

North American grain/oilseed review: Canola at 18-month highs to end week

ICE canola strengthens at midday Friday

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

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