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U.S. grains: ‘Out of the ball game’: US soy futures sink after top-buyer China hikes tariffs

Apr. 4, 2025 at 4:50 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures sank 3.4 per cent on Friday to their lowest this year, after top importer China said it would impose additional tariffs of 34 per cent on all American goods in retaliation against duties announced by President Donald Trump.

Bayer renews bid for US Supreme Court to curb glyphosate cases

Apr. 4, 2025 at 2:11 pm CDT

By Brendan Pierson Ludwig Burger Reuters

U.S. FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts

Apr. 4, 2025 at 10:29 am CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil

Apr. 4, 2025 at 9:26 am CDT

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on fears of tariff retaliation

Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

France pushes for farming ’emergency brake’ in Mercosur deal

Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:27 pm CDT

Despite previous reservations, France held a meeting with 10 EU countries to discuss a possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur bloc, a day after the United States unleashed a global trade war, signalling it may be a way for the bloc to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on European exports.

By Reuters

U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to the media at the Commodity Classic in Denver.

Trump administration is ‘months away’ from direct payments to farmers, Rollins says

Apr. 3, 2025 at 11:33 am CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Fox News on Thursday that the administration is "months away" from making a decision about whether to make payments to farmers to offset any impact from tariffs.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat futures drop on fears US tariffs will hurt demand

Apr. 2, 2025 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures fell on Wednesday as traders worried that U.S. farm exports will suffer from new tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to implement.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canada, Mexico not subject to new global rates as Trump announces new tariffs

Apr. 2, 2025 at 4:40 pm CDT

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on dozens of the country’s biggest trading partners.

By Andrea Shalal Dan Burns David Lawder Reuters

Brazil soy seed piracy generates $1.76 billion in losses per year, study finds

Apr. 2, 2025 at 10:07 am CDT

Soybean seed piracy in Brazil generates losses of 10 billion reais ($1.76 billion or C$2.51 billion) per year in the country, according to a study by CropLife Brasil and agribusiness consultancy Celeres Consultoria released on Wednesday.

By Reuters roberto-samora