Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures extended gains to record highs on Wednesday while live cattle futures set a contract high before pulling back.
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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend rally to new highs
U.S. grains: Corn rises after setting contract lows on favorable US crop prospects
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned higher on Wednesday after favorable U.S. crop conditions pushed prices to contract lows.
U.S. grains: Corn futures slip further as US crop conditions improve
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures extended losses on Tuesday to approach a 2025 low as improved U.S. crop ratings and forecasts for more benign weather fueled expectations for a bumper harvest.
U.S. farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation
USDA will curb farmland purchases by “foreign adversaries” including China says Rollins
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that there will be “no amnesty” for agricultural workers as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to deport all immigrants in the country illegally.
US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.
U.S. grains: Corn and soy futures fall on beneficial US crop weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures slid on Monday on forecasts for favorable U.S. crop weather, traders said.
Mexico to open sterile fly plant to combat screwworm in 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico's government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million (C$69.8 million) facility in the country's south as part of an effort to combat screwworm, a pest that has disrupted Mexican exports of cattle to the United States.
Bunge charters first Argentine soy meal cargo to China, shipping data show
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grains merchant Bunge has chartered 30,000 metric tons of Argentine soybean meal cargo destined for China, data seen by Reuters on Monday showed, which would mark the first such soymeal cargo since Beijing approved Argentine imports in 2019.
World food prices tick higher in June, led by meat and vegetable oils
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global food commodity prices edged higher in June, supported by higher meat, vegetable oil and dairy prices, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
Trump says he is willing to let migrant laborers stay on US farms
Some farmers have said crops are at risk as deportations have depleted their workforce
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is willing to let migrant laborers stay in the United States if the farmers they work for will vouch for them.