Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures hovered near recent contract highs on Thursday as traders said cash prices galloped to new highs.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures hover near highs as cash prices jump
Bayer to exit US seed treatment equipment business, email says
Bayer committed to seed treatments but won’t manufacture seed treatment equipment, the company said
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer is exiting the seed treatment equipment business in the United States to help the company's finances, according to an email sent to customers that was seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. grains: Corn futures end higher on solid US export sales
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures advanced on U.S. export demand on Wednesday, while bargain-hunting lifted wheat futures after prices set contract lows, traders said.
Smithfield Foods says tariffs make China unviable market for its US pork
Reading Time: 2 minutes China, the world's biggest pork consumer, is no longer a viable market for top U.S. pork processor Smithfield Foods due to retaliatory tariffs by Beijing, company executives said on Tuesday.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures set contract lows on forecasts for beneficial US rain
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures sank to contract lows on Monday on expectations that more rain will hit dry growing areas of the Plains after beneficial showers over the weekend, analysts said.
US farm agency withdraws proposal aimed at lowering Salmonella risks in poultry
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a proposal aimed at reducing Salmonella risks in poultry products for U.S. consumers, the agency said on Thursday.
U.S. grains: ‘Out of the ball game’: US soy futures sink after top-buyer China hikes tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures sank 3.4 per cent on Friday to their lowest this year, after top importer China said it would impose additional tariffs of 34 per cent on all American goods in retaliation against duties announced by President Donald Trump.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on fears of tariff retaliation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Board of Trade soybean futures slid on Thursday amid concerns that new U.S. tariffs could trigger retaliatory measures against American exports, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat futures drop on fears US tariffs will hurt demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures fell on Wednesday as traders worried that U.S. farm exports will suffer from new tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to implement.
Trump administration aims to make faster meat processing permanent
Agency plans rulemaking to formalize speed increases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Washington | Reuters – The Trump administration said on Mar. 17 that it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy groups about worker health and food safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture decision is a victory for meat companies and industry associations such as the National Chicken […] Read more
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