Reading Time: 2 minutes Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors, said on Tuesday.
Brazil chicken exporters brace for cargo rejections amid bird flu outbreak
U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on crop rating drop, Chinese heat wave concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged to a two-week high on Tuesday, as a weaker dollar and an unexpected decline in U.S. crop ratings encouraged more short-covering after prices hit a five-year low last week.
China’s April soy imports from Brazil fall 22.2 per cent from previous year
Reading Time: < 1 minute China's soybean imports from Brazil fell 22.2 per cent in April from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, as harvest delays, logistics issues and prolonged customs clearance disrupted shipments.
Canada annual inflation rate falls, but rise in core measures is tricky for central bank
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's inflation rate fell to 1.7 per cent in April, largely due to a drop in energy prices after the removal of the consumer carbon tax.
U.S. grains: Wheat stumbles on improved harvest prospects; soy steadies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures moved lower on Friday as traders weighed improved yield prospects in the U.S. Plains, though brisk export demand limited losses, traders said.
Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a country-wide trade ban from China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers.
U.S. grains: Soybeans drop from 10-month high as biofuel guidance pressures soyoil
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures on Thursday plummeted from the previous session's 10-month high, pressured by a sharp drop in soyoil caused by concerns over U.S. biofuel targets, traders said.
Deere tops second-quarter estimates, trims annual profit forecast
Shares up five per cent
Reading Time: < 1 minute Deere & Co cut the lower end of its annual profit forecast on Thursday but topped Wall Street expectations for second-quarter results aided by cost-saving measures and inventory management, sending its shares up five per cent.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures backtrack from record highs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures tumbled on Wednesday after climbing to records on dwindling U.S. supplies.
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit nearly 10-month high on biofuel and trade hopes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures set a nearly 10-month high on Wednesday as the truce in the U.S.-China tariff dispute and a proposal to extend a U.S. biofuel tax credit boosted hopes for demand.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
