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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the government had been expecting since […] Read more
Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could slow. Corn prices were little changed, while wheat dropped on crop-boosting rains in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, beat analysts’ estimates for the first quarter and closed a deal to refinance the bulk of its bank debt on Monday. JBS’ net income for the first quarter, 506 million reais (C$179.45 million), was 48 per cent above analysts’ estimates, with higher […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry. After five years of bumper harvests worldwide that depressed crop prices, trading margins are […] Read more
Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday on concerns about decreased export demand from China as well as rising expectations for a bumper crop in Brazil, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed. Soft red winter wheat offerings eased after a rally on Tuesday while hard red winter wheat contracts rose due to […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 per cent of soybeans traded […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans extend losing streak

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Monday, with concerns about demand from China in focus amid a lack of fresh deals with the top global buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contracts retreating from […] Read more

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