Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures shot to their highest point since July on Monday as a screwworm outbreak in Mexican cattle shut down feeder cattle exports from Mexico to the U.S. and propelled futures higher, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle futures spike on news of screwworm outbreak in Mexican cattle
Canada agriculture minister says beef, dairy in focus with Trump
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bilateral beef trade and Canada's dairy supply management system are top trade issues Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is prepared to confront with the incoming Trump administration, he said on Monday.
US suspends Mexican cattle imports after New World screwworm case
Reading Time: < 1 minute The United States has temporarily paused imports of Mexican cattle after a case of New World screwworm (NWS) was identified at the lakeside town of Catazaja in southern Chiapas state, the Mexican government said on Sunday.
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.
Unifor’s Canadian National Railway members vote for strike authorization
Reading Time: < 1 minute Unifor said on Monday its members at Canadian National Railway have authorized a strike action at the railroad if the parties fail to reach an agreement by Jan. 1.
Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary.
Trump expected to offer Loeffler agriculture secretary role
Reading Time: 2 minutes President-elect Donald Trump is expected to offer former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler the agriculture secretary job in his administration, CNN reported on Friday.
Bitcoin at record highs, sets sights on $100,000
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bitcoin touched a fresh record high on Friday, with its sights set firmly on the $100,000 barrier, in a stellar rally for the cryptocurrency sparked by expectations of a more friendly regulatory environment under a Donald Trump administration.
Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle fall, feeder cattle rise ahead of USDA report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a second day on Thursday after reaching three-week highs earlier in the week, as traders awaited the results of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's next Cattle on Feed report, due on Friday.