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.
Canada annual inflation rate falls, but rise in core measures is tricky for central bank
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.
U.S. soybean exports risk 20 per cent drop without improved China deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean exports may drop 20 per cent and prices will plunge if the United States and China fail to resolve their trade dispute limiting U.S. soybeans from their largest market, agribusiness consultancy AgResource said on Wednesday.
U.S. cattle producers have started rebuilding herds, or will soon, Tyson Foods CEO says
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. cattle producers have started rebuilding the nation's herd or are close to doing so, Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said on Wednesday, after supplies dwindled to a 74-year low.
U.S. grains: Soybeans higher on bullish USDA report, US-China trade truce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures settled higher on Tuesday on strength from a temporary truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report, though profit-taking pressured prices throughout the session.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
