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File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf profit misses estimates on weak pork prices

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Packaged meat producer Maple Leaf Foods missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, as weak pork prices offset growth in its prepared meats business. Pork prices have taken a beating from the Sino-U.S. trade war, with China’s retaliatory tariffs affecting demand from the South Asian country, which is the world’s biggest pork […] Read more
USDA’s main home page on Jan. 11, 2019. (GFM Staff photo)
General, Markets, Reuters

USDA recalls workers to help with farm loans, taxes; data uncertain

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 980 Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices for three days starting on Thursday to help process farm loans and tax documents during the partial federal government shutdown. About 2,500 FSA employees who have been furloughed by the partial shutdown that began on Dec. 22 […] Read more
Drawing of an adult Khapra beetle. (GrainsCanada.gc.ca)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

Beetles halt U.S. DDGs exports to Thailand

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Exports of U.S. distillers’ dried grains to Thailand have stopped due to new fumigation requirements installed after beetles were discovered in a shipment last year, U.S. traders said on Friday. Thai government officials said U.S. shipments required certificates showing they had been “properly fumigated.” Traders said sales had effectively been halted […] Read more
Fried foie gras, grilled. (Vichie81/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. top court won’t hear Quebec farmers over foie gras ban

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the latest challenge to California’s ban on foie gras, a delicacy produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force-fed corn. The court declined to hear an appeal by producers of foie gras, including the Association des Eleveurs de Canards […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday it plans to reduce the use of antibiotics in its global beef supply, fueling projections that other restaurants will follow suit. The move by the world’s biggest fast-food chain addresses concerns that the overuse of antibiotics vital to fighting human infections in farm animals may diminish the drugs’ effectiveness […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. investigators question shareholders of Brazil’s JBS

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brasilia | Reuters –– U.S. investigators this week visited Brazil to question shareholders of J+F Investimentos, the holding company that controls meatpacker JBS SA, as part of an existing plea deal, Brazilian prosecutors said on Friday in a statement. U.S. authorities have been investigating the companies controlled by J+F since their largest shareholders — brothers […] Read more

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