Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures hit a two-week low on Wednesday and soyoil futures fell more than three per cent on expectations for plentiful South American soy harvests this year along with uncertainty about demand for soy-based biodiesel fuel, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to 2-week low on strong South American crop prospects
China’s October soy imports from US climb for seventh month
Reading Time: < 1 minute China's soybean imports from the U.S. more than doubled in October from a year earlier, marking a seventh month of growth, as buyers accelerated shipments fearing a rise in trade tensions if Donald Trump were to return to the White House.
Russian farmers ditch wheat for other crops after heavy losses
Reading Time: 4 minutes Russian farmers say they will sow less wheat after heavy losses this year, switching to more profitable crops such as peas, lentils, or sunflowers.
Seed producer Corteva forecasts steady sales growth, unveils $3 bln buyback
Reading Time: < 1 minute Corteva expects low-single-digit percentage net sales growth through 2027, the U.S. agrichemicals firm said on Tuesday, banking on its exclusive seeds and crop chemical products.
U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week high on fears of escalating Russia-Ukraine war
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures rose for a third-straight session on Tuesday, posting a one-week high on fears of escalating war in the Black Sea breadbasket region amid rising tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, analysts said.
Thousands of British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thousands of farmers protested at Britain's parliament on Tuesday, some driving tractors through central London, to demand the scrapping of an inheritance tax that they say will destroy family farms and threaten food production.
Modi’s inflation-blowing farm pivot may not be enough to win key Indian state
Reading Time: 2 minutes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several pro-farmer but inflation-stoking measures in recent months, such as easing curbs on rice and onion exports, but that may not prove enough for him to sway an election on Wednesday in a key state.
Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen rising on larger sowing area, minister says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine's wheat harvest may increase to up to 25 million metric tons next year from an expected 22 million tons this year thanks to a larger sowing area, the first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy told Reuters in an interview.
Canada’s inflation rate jumps back to two per cent, curbing large rate-cut bets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated more than expected to 2.0 per cent in October as gas prices fell less than the previous month, data showed on Tuesday, shrinking market bets for a bigger rate cut next month.
Nestle plays down RFK Jr’s anti-packaged food rhetoric
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nestle on Tuesday sought to play down any differences with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been critical of packaged foods, saying it shared the next U.S. health agency chief's desire to improve agricultural practices and nutrition.
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