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Bunge-Viterra merger clears final hurdle with China’s conditional approval

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters June 16, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute China's market regulator has granted conditional approval for global agribusiness Bunge Global's merger with Glencore-backed grain handler Viterra, it said on Monday, clearing the final hurdle for the $34 billion mega-deal announced two years ago.

News, Reuters

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

By Karl Plume, Reuters June 13, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Global agribusiness Bunge Global has received regulatory approval from China for its acquisition of grain handler Viterra and expects to close the $34 billion deal "on or around July 2," the company said in a statement on Friday.

News, Reuters

Bunge nears China ruling for $8.2 billion Viterra merger, Bloomberg News reports

By Reuters June 12, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. grains merchant Bunge is close to getting a ruling from Chinese regulators on its $8.2 billion (C$11.2 billion) purchase of Glencore-backed Viterra with a verdict expected within days, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly: Canadian pea exports up in April

China the largest destination despite tariffs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 10, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian pea exports were up in April, with China the largest destination despite new trade barriers, according to the latest Statistics Canada data.

News, Reuters

China delays decision in EU pork import case amid EV tariff talks

By Ella Cao, Reuters, Ryan Woo June 10, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute China extended on Tuesday a high-profile investigation into imported pork from the European Union by six months, days before it was due to wrap up and as negotiators from Brussels and Beijing carve out a deal over the bloc's electric vehicle tariffs.

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask., on July 20, 2024. Photo: Greg Berg

News, Reuters

Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters June 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.

Livestock, Reuters

China wants slimmer pigs

Chinese government cracking down on speculative “refattening” practice

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters June 9, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.

Crops, Reuters

Tariffs on canola seen supercharging Canadian farmers’ shift to spring wheat

U.S. Great Plains farmers skipping the cereal in favour of more profitable crops

By Ed White, Reuters June 9, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes The prospect of Chinese and U.S. tariffs on canola have prompted Western Canadian farmers to seed more wheat.

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Drop in U.S. bulk exports highlighted by USDA report

Down 10 points in three years says FAS

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 6, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since 2020, bulk exports out of the United States rose and then fell back, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on June 6. Issued by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, the Rise and Fall of Bulk Commodities cited several reasons for the drop in bulk exports.

General, News, Reuters

China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions

Carney and Li agreed to establish regular communication channels

By Reuters June 6, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.

Daily Network News

Complexity of being a woman in farming can lead to mental, physical health risks

Federal gov. funds youth employment in agriculture, agri-food

Pulse Weekly: StatCan projects fewer pea and lentil acres

Tag Archives China

Bunge-Viterra merger clears final hurdle with China’s conditional approval

Bunge receives China regulatory approval for Viterra deal

Bunge nears China ruling for $8.2 billion Viterra merger, Bloomberg News reports

Pulse weekly: Canadian pea exports up in April

China delays decision in EU pork import case amid EV tariff talks

Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat

China wants slimmer pigs

Tariffs on canola seen supercharging Canadian farmers’ shift to spring wheat

Drop in U.S. bulk exports highlighted by USDA report

China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions

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