Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday expressed caution after a newspaper reported he might soon sign a trade deal on steel and aluminum with the U.S., saying “I wouldn’t overplay it.”
Carney cautious about report of potential Canadian trade deal with U.S.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures hit one-month high on U.S.-China trade hopes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures hit their highest level in a month on Monday on renewed optimism over U.S.-China trade talks after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would agree to a soybean trade deal and will buy U.S. soy again.
Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from U.S., China
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada offered tariff relief on some steel and aluminum products imported from the U.S. and China, a government document showed, in efforts to help domestic businesses battered by a trade war on two fronts.
Australia’s wheat production outlook improves as harvest begins
Reading Time: 2 minutes Analysts have raised their estimates for Australia’s wheat harvest, a Reuters poll showed, as better-than-expected yields in western cropping regions boosted the production outlook despite losses caused by dry conditions in parts of the south.
China imports no U.S. soybeans in September for first time in seven years
Reading Time: 2 minutes China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time since November 2018 that shipments fell to zero, while South American shipments surged from a year earlier, as buyers shunned American cargoes during the ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.
Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia’s weather bureau is not convinced that a La Nina weather pattern is forming that could change rainfall patterns and bring wilder weather to parts of the Americas, Asia and Oceania, affecting crop production.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on yield uncertainty, firming cash markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures extended gains into a fourth session on Friday and posted the first weekly rise in a month as slow farmer sales of newly harvested grain and reports of lower-than-expected harvest yields supported the market.
France bans cattle exports, bullfighting as lumpy skin virus spreads
Reading Time: 2 minutes France imposed a ban on cattle exports and events such as bullfighting, the agriculture ministry said on Friday as it tries to contain the highly contagious lumpy skin disease sweeping through farms in the country for the first time.
Western Australia could reap record harvest as crop estimates rise again, GIWA says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Australia will produce nearly 1 million metric tons more wheat this season than was expected a month ago, an industry group said on Friday.
Canada and China discuss disputes over canola and EVs, says Ottawa
Reading Time: < 1 minute Senior Canadian and Chinese officials discussed bilateral trade disputes involving canola and electric vehicles on Friday, Ottawa said, but gave no indication of any immediate breakthrough.
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