Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany's K+S, which exports potash to U.S. farmers from Canada, on Thursday said it would pass any tariff-related costs onto customers, after its 2025 earnings forecast disappointed investors.
Potash miner K+S says US farmers to foot the bill for Trump’s tariffs
U.S. forecaster sees neutral weather conditions persisting through summer
Reading Time: 2 minutes La Niña conditions are weakening and a shift to an El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral weather pattern is expected to develop in April and persist through the Northern Hemisphere summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.
U.S. grains: Chicago grains and soybeans extend losses as trade fights roil
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and oilseeds extended losses on Wednesday after a government crop report showed more U.S. corn inventories than expected, while the latest U.S. tariffs and European counter-measures fueled concerns about trade disruption, traders said.
Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says
Exports to China, imports of Canadian weanlings caught in tariff crossfire
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods, the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday, and may disrupt imports of Canadian weanlings.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures end lower for third straight session; corn, wheat fall
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday for a third straight session, coming under pressure from hefty South American supplies hitting the global market and uncertainty over how U.S. tariffs will affect domestic demand, traders said.
China tightens trade rules as Canadian tariffs spark price volatility
Reading Time: 2 minutes Zhengzhou Exchange on Tuesday raised the trading margin requirements for some rapeseed (canola) meal futures contracts to 9 per cent from seven per cent after Beijing's 100 per cent tariff on Canadian imports triggered a two-day rally that pushed prices to a five-month high.
Trump says he’ll double tariffs on Canadian metals, calls for tariffs to be dropped on dairy
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump says he will double tariffs on Canadian metals to 50 per cent, and called for removal of "Anti-American farmer" tariffs on dairy.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on weakness in oil market, China deflation worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybeans ended lower on Monday, as prices were weighed down by weakness in the oil market and traders' concern over Chinese deflation, market analysts said.
Chinese rapeseed meal, oil contracts surge after tariffs on Canadian imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal and oil contracts jumped on Monday, the first day of trade since China decided to impose 100 per cent tariffs on imports of those agricultural products from Canada.
American farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze
Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers and food organizations across the country are cutting staff, halting investments and missing key funding amid a USDA freeze on a broad swath of grants, more than two dozen farmers and agricultural support groups in seven states told Reuters.
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