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U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip as short-covering rally fades

May. 22, 2025 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures fell on Thursday as a short-covering rally earlier this week that took prices to a one-month peak petered out, with traders seeing limited threats to Northern Hemisphere crops despite adverse weather concerns.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb ahead of Memorial Day holiday weekend

May. 22, 2025 at 4:41 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

EU lawmakers back huge tariffs for Russia, Belarus fertilizer

May. 22, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Pigs can’t fly: U.S. high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout

May. 22, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world corn crop forecast

May. 22, 2025 at 9:45 am CDT

By Reuters

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

May. 22, 2025 at 9:42 am CDT

Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora

A group of cattle in an Alberta feedlot in the summer.

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures climb as wholesale US beef prices firm

May. 21, 2025 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle firmed on Wednesday as wholesale prices continued to rise and consumer demand for beef has stayed strong amid the U.S. grilling season, market analysts said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures prices surge amid weaker dollar, short-covering

May. 21, 2025 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures extended gains on Wednesday, at one point rising to a one-month high, amid support by a weaker dollar and short-covering encouraged by production concerns, market analysts said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

World hunger levels rise for sixth consecutive year: report

May. 21, 2025 at 11:43 am CDT

Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth consecutive year in 2024, affecting more than 295 million people across 53 countries and territories, according to a U.N. report released on Friday.

By Reuters

Brazil chicken exporters brace for cargo rejections amid bird flu outbreak

May. 20, 2025 at 4:18 pm CDT

Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors, said on Tuesday.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora