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U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal

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By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 27, 2025

U.S. soybean futures jumped to their highest level in more than four months on Monday on hopes that China will resume buying American supplies after President Donald Trump said the countries were set to reach a trade deal during his trip to Asia this week.

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U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal

By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 27, 2025

U.S. soybean futures jumped to their highest level in more than four months on Monday on hopes that China will resume buying American supplies after President Donald Trump said the countries were set to reach a trade deal during his trip to Asia this week.

A nameplate outside the Canadian Grain Commission building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Canadian Grain Commission to use surplus to avoid fee increases

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 27, 2025

The Canadian Grain Commission will continue to use its surplus to cover budget shortfalls and avoid potential fee increases until 2028, the federal agency announced Monday, Oct. 27.

Jake Guse, a crop scout on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, collects corn samples from a corn field as scouts travel across the midwest trying to gauge the size of the corn and soybean crop that farmers will harvest in the fall, in northwest Indiana, U.S. August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.

Farmers for years relied on USDA data to guide decisions. Now their trust has been shaken.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters October 27, 2025

The USDA predicts a record corn crop for U.S. farmers, who question the agency’s accuracy amidst high debt and low crop prices.

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The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters October 27, 2025

The USDA predicts a record corn crop for U.S. farmers, who question the agency’s accuracy amidst high debt and low crop prices.

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Canadian trade data delayed by U.S. government shutdown

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 24, 2025

Canadian international trade data for September will be delayed indefinitely due to the ongoing partial shutdown of the United States government, Statistics Canada said Friday, Oct. 24.

RJ Sigurdson, MLA for Highwood, is sworn in on June 9, 2023 as Alberta’s minister of agriculture and irrigation. (Government of Alberta video screengrab via YouTube)

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Sigurdson applauds Alberta farmers

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 24, 2025

With Alberta’s harvest virtually wrapped up for 2025, provincial Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson offered the government’s congratulations to the province’s farmers.

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U.S. grains: Soy, corn dip on farmer selling; U.S.-China trade talks in focus

By Reuters October 24, 2025

U.S. soybean futures retreated on Friday from a one-month high, pressured by a dip in crude oil prices and a round of farmer selling while market players awaited upcoming U.S. trade talks with China, the world’s top soybean buyer.

A field of flax is harvested in southern Manitoba. Photo: Donna Gamache/File

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Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 23, 2025

Manitoba Agriculture issued its final crop report of 2025, showing the overall provincewide harvest at 97 per cent complete as of Oct. 20. Nearly all major crops have finished combining, with 37 per cent of Manitoba’s sunflowers finished, plus 71 per cent of grain corn and small amounts of soybeans and potatoes left to do.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

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U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures hit one-month highs as crude oil soars

By Reuters October 23, 2025

U.S. soybean and corn futures rose on Thursday to one-month highs, spurred by a jump in crude oil following U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil firms along with hopes for progress in U.S.-Chinese trade talks.