Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation - Manitoba Co-operator
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation| Manitoba Co-operator
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation| Manitoba Co-operator
Forecast issued November 12, covering Nov. 12 to 19, 2025 Highlights Once again, the weather models had a good handle on the overall weather pattern. Small variations in the timing and track of individual systems led to some differences in local conditions, but the general trend unfolded as expected. Winter made a brief attempt to The post Prairie forecast: No real signs of winter yet appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
With only two months remaining in the year, 2025 is set to be among the top three hottest years on record, according to the State of the Global Climate Update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mean near-surface temperature in January-August 2025 was 1.42 C above the pre-industrial average, said the WMO report, released The post 2025 set to be among hottest years on record: WMO appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
For the upcoming forecast period, a large area of low pressure remains anchored off the British Columbia coast, a strong low spins over the Atlantic coast and another, weaker low lingers near Hudson Bay. Between these systems, the flow across the Prairies is largely zonal, meaning it moves west to east with little north–south movement. That pattern will help usher a few weak disturbances across the region during the next several days. The post Prairie forecast: Quiet pattern continues as wi...| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
As winter approaches, the dry conditions and drought across much of the Canadian Prairies and the United States Plains will likely persist, said Drew Lerner, meteorologist with World Weather Inc. in Overland Park, Kan.| Manitoba Co-operator
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Thursday, as a lack of fresh news continued to weigh on values. The December live cattle contract dropped 6.275 cents per pound at 219.000 cents. Feeder cattle fell 9.025 cents in the January contract at 318.450 cents per pound. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported The post U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
For the week ending November 8, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10-$20/cwt below values from seven days earlier. Some packages weighing from 600 to 850 pounds were down as much as $30 from week-ago levels. The April live cattle futures fell $10/cwt over the course of the week while Alberta barley prices gained $5-$8/cwt. The post Klassen: Weaker fed market weighs on feeder cattle prices appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago hog futures rallied on Monday after a long slide. Cattle futures also jumped with all feeder contracts hitting upward limits. Most-active December lean hog contracts closed at 82.775 cents a pound, up 3.375 cents. February futures settled at 82.825 cents per pound, up 3.475 cents. Pork carcass cutout value ended the afternoon at $100.22 The post U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
A Belgian researcher says precision technology can help farmers fine-tune animal feed consumption, which would increase profits, improve animal welfare and lower environmental effects.| Manitoba Co-operator
Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed. The post B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
Cattle contracts and nearby hog futures ended the week on a high note after a week rife with losses. Most-traded December lean hog futures closed at 79.400 cents a pound, up 0.425 cents. February contracts lost 0.475 cents to settle at 79.350 cents per pound. The USDA reported pork carcass cutout value at $98.98 per The post U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago soybean prices firmed on Friday in a bargain-buying bounce after a sharp fall on Thursday, as traders assessed prospects for more U.S. sales to China after the trade war truce between the countries. The post U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
Bunge has sold five western Canadian elevators as required under the federal approval for its merger with Viterra. The post Bunge sells assets per merger approval appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
The 2025 budget included cuts to international aid finding, which could hurt the farmer-supported charity Canadian Foodgrains Bank The post Budget cuts may signal shift away from food aid says Canadian Foodgrains Bank appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
China lifted a ban linked to Brazil’s avian influenza outbreak, the country’s General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday. The post China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago soybean and wheat futures took a nosedive on Thursday, retreating from multi-month highs, as signs of only limited Chinese purchases from the United States tempered optimism about fresh demand following a bilateral trade truce. The post U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
China and India figured prominently in the September export data issued by the Canadian Grain Commission on Nov. 7. For the most part, the CGC’s numbers highlighted issues with grain, oilseed and pulse exports from licensed facilities to those countries. The post Notable changes in exports to China, India appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorCrops & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Prices for feed grain are “grinding higher” said Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities in Saskatoon. The post Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorCrops & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago cattle futures fell on Thursday but to a lesser degree compared to Wednesday’s limit-down drop. Most-active December live cattle closed down 1.750 cents to 218.775 cents per pound. February contracts settled at 216.750 cents a pound, down 1.375 cents. Most-active January feeder contracts closed down 4.375 cents at 315.600 cents a pound. March contracts The post U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court. The post B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were down by their daily limits on Wednesday, with speculative long liquidation a feature. The December live cattle contract lost 7.250 cents per pound at 220.525 cents. Feeder cattle were down 9.250 cents in the January contract at 319.975 cents per pound. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins met The post U.S. livestock: Cattle futures post limit-down losses appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorLivestock & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago cattle futures slipped back on Friday after Thursday's pause. Hog futures crept upward. Most-active December live cattle futures closed at 229.675| Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago cattle futures fell back on Tuesday. Hogs continued to slide. Most-active December live cattle futures closed at 227.775 cents a pound, down 4.425 cents. February contracts lost 5.025 cents to settle at 225.375 cents per pound. Most-active January feeder contracts lost 7.300 cents to close at 329.225 cents a pound. March feeders settled at The post U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back, hogs continue slide appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
For the week ending November 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $15-$30/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. Cash feeder markets were off by $30-$40/cwt early in the week but then marginally recovered on Wednesday as the feeder cattle futures market stabilized. There were a few exceptions. Higher quality yearlings over 800 pounds coming The post Klassen: Feeder market drops sharply appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorDaily news Archive - Manitoba Co-operator
Archer-Daniels-Midland cut its 2025 profit forecast for a third straight quarter on Tuesday as U.S. biofuel policy uncertainty and global trade disruptions pressured oilseed crush margins.| Manitoba Co-operator
Cash prices for spring wheat and durum across the Canadian Prairies were mostly higher during the week ended Nov. 4. As Minneapolis spring wheat stepped back, there was a modest increase in Kansas City hard red while Chicago soft red was up sharply. The post Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices up in most areas appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorCrops & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Pulse Canada is quite unhappy with the Indian government’s recent move to slap a 30 per cent tariff on its yellow pea imports, said the pulse organization’s board chair Terry Youzwa. The post Pulse Weekly: India imposes 30 per cent tariff on yellow peas appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorCrops & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
China’s most active Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal futures posted their largest daily gain in nearly three months on Monday, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea last week without securing a breakthrough on tariffs.| Manitoba Co-operator
Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to visit China after meeting with President Xi Jinping on Friday, in an encounter that may have marked a turning point but offered no breakthroughs on trade.| Manitoba Co-operator
The 2025 crop year was an average year for hail across the Canadian Prairies, with overall claim numbers down slightly compared to last year, reported the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA). The post Mixed year for hail claims across Prairies: CCHA appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Forecast issued October 29, covering Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, 2025 Highlights: Overview I can’t say last week’s forecast played out exactly as expected — but that’s not too surprising. Overall confidence was on the low side. While the models did a decent job with the big picture, a few smaller details didn’t line up. The post Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
The UN weather agency plans to cut some posts and is reviewing its priorities as dozens of countries, including the United States, are late with their fees, a spokesperson said on Friday. The post UN weather agency reviews priorities as funding falls short appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Prairie forecast calls for warm temperatures to give way to cooler, wetter weather week of Oct. 22-29. The post Prairie forecast: Warm start, then cooler appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorWeather & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
The active pattern that we saw last week looks to continue into this forecast period which means more chances for rain, possibly some wet snow and a continuation of the temperature rollercoaster ride.| Manitoba Co-operator
Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said on Wednesday that Mexico and the United States have not yet set a date to resume Mexican cattle exports amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite.| Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago cattle futures regained ground on Wednesday after falling off a cliff late last week. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 230.900| Manitoba Co-operator
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers executive director Carl Potts said this year’s harvest had strong yields as the organization now works on international trade. The post Pulse Weekly: SPG looks back at harvest, ahead to trade appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorCrops & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
With Alberta’s harvest virtually wrapped up for 2025, provincial Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson offered the government’s congratulations to the province’s farmers.| Manitoba Co-operator
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.| Manitoba Co-operator
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on cattle ranchers to lower prices| Manitoba Co-operator
Provincial agricultural departments are reporting pulse yields higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimates.| Manitoba Co-operator
Farm groups’ response has been muted, thus far, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods. Goods under CUSMA are expected to continue to be exempted. Trump again brought up dairy tariff claims in justification for higher tariffs.| Manitoba Co-operator
The big question leading into this forecast period is — just how long will the summery temperatures will continue? After all we are now into October.| Manitoba Co-operator
U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Friday as pressure from a fast-advancing U.S. harvest offset early-session support from hopes that upcoming U.S.-China talks could revive stalled soybean trade.| Manitoba Co-operator
A flock of British Columbia ostriches set to be culled after two dead birds tested positive for avian flu has been granted a last-minute stay of execution from Canada’s highest court - for now.| Manitoba Co-operator
Manitoba’s provincial harvest reached 56 per cent on Sept. 21, 2025 despite wildly disparate amounts of rainfall.| Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago | Reuters - U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday on seasonal pressure as the harvest expanded in the heart of the Midwest and the dollar| Manitoba Co-operator
Quebec-based pork company duBreton is calling for transparency around meats from gene-edited pigs on concerns that a lack of mandatory labelling will confuse consumers, and dilute certification claims. The organic sector is also calling for labelling rules.| Manitoba Co-operator
Reuters — Australia and New Zealand say they’ve stepped up protections against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at their international airports| Manitoba Co-operator
Most Chicago cattle futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday's hard fall. Hogs settled on either side of unchanged. Most-active October live cattle futures| Manitoba Co-operator
In many low- and middle-income countries, accurate weather forecasts remain out of reach, limited by the high technology costs and infrastructure demands of traditional forecasting models. A new wave of AI-powered weather forecasting models has the potential to change that.| Manitoba Co-operator
Exporters feel Bill C-202 undermines the country's commitment to rules-based international trading and sends the wrong message to trading partners.| Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell for a third consecutive day on Thursday in profit-taking and technical selling setback following recent highs and amid some weaker-than-expected cash market sales this week.| Manitoba Co-operator
Despite varied amounts of rainfall, Manitoba's harvest advanced to 29 per cent as of Sept. 1, 2025.| Manitoba Co-operator
Though some might call it weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to lift the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods covered under CUSMA while retaining tariffs on auto, steel and aluminum, is arguably a wise strategy says economist Nargess Kayhani.| Manitoba Co-operator
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.| Manitoba Co-operator
Louis Dreyfus Company has acquired grains and oilseeds processing, storage and trading activities in Hungary and Poland from rival agricultural commodity merchant Bunge Global, fulfilling conditions Bunge needed to meet to get approval of its merger with Viterra.| Manitoba Co-operator
The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the Maryland Department of Health said on Monday. Ranchers criticized a lack of transparency about the case.| Manitoba Co-operator
As the harvest in southern Alberta presses on, a broker said that is one of the factors pulling feed prices lower in the region. Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, added that lower cattle numbers in feedlots, plentiful amounts of grass for cattle to graze and a lacklustre export market also weighed on feed prices.| Manitoba Co-operator
Cash prices for spring wheat and durum across the Canadian Prairies incurred losses almost across the board during the week ended Aug. 28.| Manitoba Co-operator
Western Canadian wheat prices were mostly weaker as rains in the Prairies delayed harvesting operations during the week ended Aug. 21, 2025.| Manitoba Co-operator
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday, Aug. 15.| Manitoba Co-operator
Exotic alfalfa varieties that produce white, blue, cream and yellow flowers are being looked at by plant breeders to improve the crop's drought tolerance.| Manitoba Co-operator
Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures ended a choppy session lower on Wednesday as signs of a thaw in the U.S.-China trade standoff supported agricultural markets, despite lingering concerns about demand and global competition, traders said.| Manitoba Co-operator
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.| Manitoba Co-operator
Canadian agricultural groups welcomed Mark Carney’s new minority federal government on Tuesday morning and pushed for immediate action on pressing issues.| Manitoba Co-operator
The ratio of farmland rental prices to farmland value was similar in 2024 compared to 2023, but renting extended its cash flow advantage over ownership, Farm Credit Canada reported.| Manitoba Co-operator
