Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures firmed slightly on Thursday as stocks hit record highs on Wall Street for a second day, providing borrowed strength to the livestock markets, analysts said.
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U.S. livestock: Cattle edge higher as Wall Street extends gains
Labor dispute stops canola oil, forestry exports from West Coast
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's exports of canola oil and forest products from West Coast ports, including the Port of Vancouver, have halted due to a labor dispute, producers said on Thursday.
U.S. grains: Soybeans climb near one-month high as vegoils shoot higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped to their highest level in about a month on Thursday on spillover strength from rallying vegetable oil markets, traders said.
Argentine beef exports hit highest level in more than five decades
Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentina's beef exports during the first nine months of this year rose to their highest level in 57 years, as shipments of one of the South American country's best-known food staples grew among buyers in the United States and neighboring Chile.
China set for record soybean imports in 2024 ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Reading Time: 2 minutes China imported 8.09 million metric tons of soybeans in October with buyers rushing to stockpile before Donald Trump takes office early next year, as the world's top soybean buyer heads for its largest annual imports on record.
Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report
Reading Time: 2 minutes The world’s biggest food and beverage companies on average sell products in low-income countries that are less healthy than what they sell in high-income countries, according to a new report. Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever were assessed as part of a global index published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), its first since 2021.
U.S. farm producers brace for hit to exports to China in Trump administration
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some U.S. agriculture producers are bracing for the prospect of a fresh trade war under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump again hitting exports of farm goods to China, but they said while any new tariffs would hurt, they felt better prepared.
U.S. grains: Soy recovers after hitting one-week low on Trump victory
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures recovered on Wednesday after sliding earlier to a one-week low as Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election fueled concerns over prospects of another trade war with top-importer China.
Corteva reports larger-than-expected loss on low demand and pricing
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. agrichemicals firm Corteva reported a larger-than-expected loss on Wednesday, hurt by lower sales and prices for its products, leading the company to also cut its full-year sales outlook.
UK confirms bird flu cases at commercial poultry farm
Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK government said on Tuesday that cases of bird flu had been confirmed in commercial poultry at premises in Yorkshire, hours after it increased the risk level of the disease from medium to high.