Reading Time: < 1 minute Tyson Foods will close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker said on Friday.
Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Friday, pressured by the removal of United States tariffs on Brazilian beef announced Thursday. The 40-per cent tariffs were removed by the White House to bring down beef prices and should result in Brazilian beef moving into the U.S. once again. Talk that the U.S. […] Read more
USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.
‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply
Barley usually at discount to wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices in Europe are matching or surpassing milling wheat, an unusual trend driven by strong export demand and tight supply.
Ag in Motion wins business tourism award
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ag in Motion wins business tourism award at the 2025 Canadian Tourism Awards. Photo: Paul Yanko
U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. cattle futures fell further at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday under pressure from fund selling and lower cash prices, traders said. Futures have dropped over the past month after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was working to lower beef prices for consumers, triggering steep selloffs in cattle that […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures on Thursday extended a setback from a 17-month high reached this week, as confirmation of more Chinese purchases of American supplies failed to spark a new rally.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.
CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.
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