Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest level in more than a week on Tuesday as profit-taking extended the market's setback from contract highs last week, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit one-week low, pork belly values fall
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn creep higher as traders await US election results
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures edged higher on Tuesday as traders adjusted positions and moved to the sidelines while awaiting results from the U.S. presidential election.
West coast ports shutdown enters second day
Reading Time: 2 minutes The British Columbia ports labour dispute continued on Tuesday, impacting exports at Canada's biggest port in Vancouver with no sign of negotiating progress.
Yum Brands reports surprise fall in global sales amid KFC’s struggles in US
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yum Brands reported a surprise fall in worldwide same-store sales on Tuesday as its KFC chain grapples with sluggish demand in the U.S., as well as choppy international sales.
Grains merchant ADM slides on fresh accounting errors, profit forecast cut
Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer-Daniels-Midland shares fell eight per cent premarket on Tuesday after the global grains merchant cut its adjusted annual profit forecast and said it would amend its previous financial statements after finding fresh accounting irregularities.
Significant rainfall benefits wheat in Argentina’s southern farmland
Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentina's current wheat crop benefited from significant rainfall that fell over southern parts of the country's agricultural area at the weekend, the Rosario Grains Exchange (BCR) said in a report on Monday.
U.S. livestock: Hog futures retreat from contract highs last week
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended lower on profit taking and technical selling on Monday, brokers said.
U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures advance on improved US export demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on improved U.S. export demand, analysts said, as the Department of Agriculture confirmed more sales on Monday.
October weather did not favour Ukraine’s winter crops, scientists say
Reading Time: < 1 minute October weather, as well as in September, was unfavourable for the development of Ukrainian winter crops, most of which lack moisture, analyst APK-Inform quoted the Ukrainian national agricultural academy as saying on Monday.
Trump’s tariffs would reorder trade flows, raise costs, draw retaliation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Iowa farmer Bob Hemesath is worried that U.S. agriculture will pay dearly if Donald Trump wins Tuesday's presidential election and makes good on a vow to swiftly impose a 60 per cent tariff on Chinese goods and at least a 10 per cent levy on all other imports.