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U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat after rally, wheat holds at three-month high

Nov. 4, 2025 at 5:28 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday, retreating from a 16-month high hit a day earlier, as traders awaited Chinese purchases of U.S. cargoes following last week’s trade truce agreed by the world’s two largest economies.

A row of six large grain bins at a grain terminal.

ADM cuts 2025 profit outlook on biofuel and trade uncertainty; shares tumble

Nov. 4, 2025 at 10:03 am CST

By Karl Plume Katha Kalia Reuters

A worker applies sanitizing talcum powder to livestock.

U.S. not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says

Nov. 4, 2025 at 9:31 am CST

By Brendan O'Boyle Cassandra Garrison Reuters

The Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago.

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch 16-month high, wheat firm on Chinese demand hopes

Nov. 3, 2025 at 5:45 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

China rapeseed meal futures see largest one-day gain in almost three months after Xi–Carney talks

Nov. 3, 2025 at 9:48 am CST

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Oct. 31, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 15-month high and posted their biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on Friday following a rally fueled by the prospect of revived exports to China.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Carney agrees to visit China after meeting Xi

Oct. 31, 2025 at 11:03 am CDT

Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to visit China after meeting with President Xi Jinping on Friday, in an encounter that may have marked a turning point but offered no breakthroughs on trade.

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures set 15-month high after China agrees to purchases

Oct. 30, 2025 at 4:58 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures reached a 15-month high on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s administration said top-importer China agreed to buy tens of millions of tons of American crops in the next few years as part of a trade truce.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

View of cattle's backs through the bars of a gate.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures take a pause after recent slides

Oct. 30, 2025 at 4:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures took a breather on Thursday after falling hard recently on concerns over President Donald Trump’s push to lower U.S. beef prices, traders said. Ranchers continued to oppose Trump’s plan to boost the country’s imports of Argentine beef […]

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the press, on the day of U.S.-China talks on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025.

China to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans this season, Bessent says

Oct. 30, 2025 at 11:21 am CDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans during the current season through January and has committed to buying 25 million tons annually for the next three years as part of a larger trade agreement with Beijing.

By David Lawder Maiya Keidan Reuters