Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures climbed on Wednesday as market players anticipated tighter cattle supplies in the first quarter of the new year, and there was some technical buying, according to analysts. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled 1.125 cents higher at 231.600 cents per pound, and March feeder cattle FCH26 […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures dropped on Wednesday but logged their first annual gain in three years, supported by China’s return to the U.S. market following a late-October trade truce, although ample global supplies capped the advance. Wheat and corn futures had annual declines, pressured by abundant supplies. The most-active soybean contract on […] Read more
Italy crafts lab-grown snacks with fruit residues, plant cells and a 3D printer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Scientists in Italy are developing sweet snacks with lab-grown plant cells and fruit residues, producing a material that a 3D printer can then process into ‘pastries’ with high nutritional content.
China imposes curbs on beef imports to protect domestic industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes China will impose an added 55 per cent tariff on beef imports that exceed quota levels from key supplier countries including Brazil, Australia and the U.S. in a move to protect a domestic cattle industry slowly emerging from oversupply.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures climbed on Tuesday on position squaring between the Christmas and New Year holidays, analysts said. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled 1.500 cents higher at 230.475 cents per pound, and March feeder cattle FCH26 settled 2.900 cents higher at 344.575 cents per pound. CME […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade grain futures ticked lower on Tuesday amid a sluggish trading session, as investors weighed the latest developments surrounding the Russia-Ukraine peace talks. CBOT soybean futures fell after a day of choppy trade on signs of China returning to the U.S. market, and trying to finish up last-minute […] Read more
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Reading Time: 4 minutes London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
China vows to stabilize grain production, increase soybean oilseed self-sufficiency
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese officials have vowed to stabilize grain production and increase soybean oilseed production capacity, readouts of agricultural policy meetings showed on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to reduce imports and ensure food security.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell while feeder cattle futures rose on year-end positioning, according to analysts, with the trade thin between Christmas and New Year holidays. Many funds still have net long positions, said Doug Houghton, analyst at Brock Associates, “If they’re taking profits, that’s going […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago grains and oilseeds fell on Monday in thin holiday season trade, as market players weighed how markets would be affected by news from Russia, Ukraine and China, according to analysts. There were positive signals from talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to end the war […] Read more
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