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.
Minister sees Ukraine’s 2025 grain, oilseed crop rising to 80 million tons, media says
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.
ADM taps industry veteran to lead accounting amid irregularities
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grains trader Archer-Daniels-Midland on Wednesday named Carrie Nichol as its chief accounting officer, effective March 1, 2025, as the company continues to grapple with accounting irregularities.
U.S. grains: Soybeans flat, corn, wheat rise as market awaits Trump tariff action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago grain futures turned higher on Tuesday, as investors adjusted positions while they waited to see if U.S. President Donald Trump would follow through on threats to impose 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico this weekend, analysts said.
Smithfield Foods to keep US pork plants open, eyes tariffs amid IPO, CEO says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Smithfield Foods does not plan to close more U.S. pork processing plants, Chief Executive Shane Smith said on Tuesday, as the company returned to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade in a spinoff by Hong Kong-based WH Group 0288.HK.
Germany seeks aid for farmers after foot-and-mouth disease case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Germany's agriculture minister will seek financial aid for farmers hit by the impact of a case of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in east Germany, the ministry said.
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