Reading Time: 2 minutes India is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas.
India faces warmer February, winter crops at risk
Facing Trump tariffs on piglets and crops, Canadian farmers revise sales plans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers are renegotiating livestock contracts with U.S. buyers and finding local markets for crops they previously planned to sell south of the border to minimize the economic hit from potential new U.S. tariffs.
U.S. grains: Corn and soy retreat on profit-taking, US tariff fears
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn and soy futures fell on Thursday as traders booked profits following recent rallies and ahead of the weekend, when U.S. President Donald Trump says he will impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, traders said.
EU vessel sanctions weigh on Russian grain exports, central bank says
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Union's sanctions on vessels transporting Russian grain, along with Turkey's wheat import ban, impacted Russian grain exports at the end of 2024, the country's central bank said on Thursday.
Minister sees Ukraine’s 2025 grain, oilseed crop rising to 80 million tons, media says
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ukraine's combined grain and oilseed harvest could increase to 80 million metric tons in 2025 from 76 million tons in 2024, farm minister Vitaliy Koval was quoted on Thursday as saying.
U.S. grains: Corn futures hit over one-year high on Argentine weather worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago grain futures surged on Wednesday as underwhelming rainfall and forecasts for hot, dry weather in Argentina's parched corn and soy belt lifted prices, traders said.
Syngenta, Corteva must face part of U.S. farmers’ antitrust lawsuit over pesticide prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pesticide manufacturers Syngenta and Corteva must face parts of a class action accusing the agricultural industry giants of using a loyalty program to stymie competition with rivals and keep prices artificially high for farmers, a federal judge in North Carolina has ruled.
Trump’s commerce nominee says tariffs not inflationary, wants Canada dairy access
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, said on Wednesday that he will work to increase access to Canada's dairy market for American farmers and denied that tariffs are inflationary.
Russia’s chief forecaster says mild weather helps winter crops survive
Reading Time: 2 minutes A mild winter with record warm temperatures in many agricultural regions of Russia, viewed by scientists as a sign of climate change, is helping winter crops to survive, state weather agency chief Roman Vilfand said on Wednesday.
EU agencies track bird flu virus variants on increasing threat to humans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future pandemics.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
