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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures retreat from record highs

Jul. 31, 2025 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures plunged on Thursday in a setback from record highs.

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 futures set April low on good US crop weather, slow China demand

Jul. 31, 2025 at 4:40 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

French court finds complaint brought by family in Bayer glyphosate case inadmissible, media says

Jul. 31, 2025 at 10:25 am CDT

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President Donald Trump speaks during a 'Liberation Day' event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. restaurants lobby against tariffs ahead of Aug. 1 deadline

Jul. 31, 2025 at 10:23 am CDT

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Hind quarters of beef hanging in a cooler.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set record highs on scarce supplies

Jul. 30, 2025 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Soybean futures extend losses on favorable US weather, weak demand

Jul. 30, 2025 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, dragged down by favourable weather across the U.S. Midwest and sluggish export demand, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Bison rest from the summer heat in a paddock in the southern Interlake of Manitoba.

Prairie forecast: Sunny and warm with a chance of rain

Jul. 30, 2025 at 10:42 am CDT

This forecast period is looking much more stable and predictable as a large area of high pressure dominates the Prairie region.

By Daniel Bezte Reuters

Overhead shot of a grain cargo ship at a pier.

Bangladesh to buy 220,000 tons of U.S. wheat to cool tariff tension

Jul. 30, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

Bangladesh's government has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of wheat from the United States as part of efforts to cool trade tensions and reduce steep import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, a Dhaka official said on Wednesday.

By Reuters Ruma Paul

Locusts gathered on the end of a plant stem.

Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures

Jul. 30, 2025 at 10:17 am CDT

A massive locust invasion is threatening sunflower and other crops in Ukraine's southern regions, largely caused by the war against Russia's invasion that makes it impossible to use traditional pest control methods, officials and producers say.

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Facade of Bank of Canada during summer day

Bank of Canada holds rates steady and says global trade war risk has eased

Jul. 30, 2025 at 9:47 am CDT

The Bank of Canada held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the third time in a row on Wednesday, as expected, and said the risk of a severe and escalating global trade war had diminished.

By David Ljunggren Promit Mukherjee Reuters