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U.S. livestock: CME cattle higher on surging cash market

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 6, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures crept higher on Tuesday as strong wholesale beef prices and a tight cattle supply compelled meatpackers to pay up for each head of cattle, lending support to the cash market and cattle futures, analysts said.

Mosaic’s potash facility at Esterhazy, Sask. (Greg Berg photo)

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Mosaic beats first-quarter profit estimates on South America business strength

By Reuters May 6, 2025

Fertilizer producer Mosaic beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by strength in its South America business.

File photo of cattle in a Kansas feedlot. (BeyondImages/E+/Getty Images)

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Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

By Jerry Klassen May 6, 2025

For the week ending May 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. The heifer discount to steers continues to narrow. Steady buying interest from Ontario was noted in Manitoba and certain locations in Saskatchewan.

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Mexico now top buyer of U.S. ag commodities

A growing demand for meat, poultry and dairy has increased the country’s feedgrain imports from the United States

By Sean Pratt May 6, 2025

A growing demand for meat, poultry and dairy has increased the country’s feedgrain imports from the United States

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle set fresh highs, hogs dip

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2025

Chicago cattle futures gained fresh highs on Monday while lean hog futures slumped.

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U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as traders await US-China trade talks

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 5, 2025

Chicago soybean futures fell on Monday as traders awaited updates on possible U.S.-China trade talks amid mounting competition from Brazil, traders said.

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle gallop to new highs on record cash prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 2, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures stormed to contract highs on Friday, as tight U.S. supplies drove cash prices to records this week, traders said.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

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U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid hopes for easing US-China trade tensions

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 2, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures closed higher on Friday amid hopes for a thaw in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China, the world's top importer of the oilseed, analysts said.

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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 2, 2025

Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.

A wheat crop in southern Saskatchewan. A recent Cereals Canada report showed that Canadian wheat production has a lower carbon footprint compared to the U.S. and Australia. Photo: Greg Berg

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USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26

Ottawa desk a pinch lower on harvested area

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 2, 2025

At 35.67 million tonnes of all wheat in 2025/26, the United States Department Agriculture attache in Ottawa came in 1.12 million tonnes more than the preliminary estimate from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle higher on surging cash market

Mosaic beats first-quarter profit estimates on South America business strength

Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

Mexico now top buyer of U.S. ag commodities

U.S. livestock: Cattle set fresh highs, hogs dip

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as traders await US-China trade talks

U.S. livestock: CME cattle gallop to new highs on record cash prices

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid hopes for easing US-China trade tensions

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

USDA attaché projects more wheat than AAFC in 2025/26

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