Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, including increasing imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.
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US will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says
After trade dispute, Mexico officially bans the planting of GM corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico's lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional reform to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) corn, a move that could lead to more tension with the United States after the resolution of a trade dispute, analysts said.
Argentina gives green light to cattle exports in five-decade reversal
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Argentine government has authorized the export of live cattle for slaughter, reversing a prohibition that had been in place for over five decades.
U.S. grains: Corn futures hit three-week low; wheat dips, soy choppy
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell to a three-week low on Tuesday, sliding for a third successive session on tariff tensions and improving weather outlooks for South American crop regions, analysts said.
Global avian influenza outbreaks give Brazil chicken exports an edge
Reading Time: < 1 minute Projections for Brazilian chicken exports this year will likely be revised upward as numerous outbreaks of avian influenza reduce supply in competing exporters and importing nations.
Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the facility said.
Trump says Canada, Mexico tariffs on schedule despite border, fentanyl efforts
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump said on Monday that tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports are "on time and on schedule" despite efforts by the countries to beef up border security and halt the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. ahead of a March 4 deadline.
UK rules out trade deals which undercut food standards
Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain says it will not sign trade deals with potential suppliers such as the U.S. that open the way for food imports that are produced in a way that would be illegal for the country's farmers.
U.S. grains: Corn slips from multi-month top on profit-taking; soy, wheat follow
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell 1.6 per cent on Monday, retreating from multi-month highs set last week, pressured by profit-taking and improving weather forecasts for South America, analysts said.
Russian winter crops should withstand late frosts, weather forecasters say
Reading Time: < 1 minute Late winter frosts in Russia's southern breadbasket regions are unlikely to inflict significant damage on winter crops, the state weather forecasting agency said on Monday in a forecast for the end of February.