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U.S. grains: Corn and soy fall on Trump recommendations for EU tariffs

May. 23, 2025 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago corn and soy futures eased on Friday ahead of a long weekend in the U.S., after President Donald Trump posted on social media that he recommended a 50 per cent tariff on goods from the European Union.

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed as report shows inventory down

May. 23, 2025 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Alberta spring planting slows, but remains ahead of average

May. 23, 2025 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Wheat bids rise across Western Canada

May. 23, 2025 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture to hold Alberta forum

May. 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

May. 23, 2025 at 11:18 am CDT

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.

By Jonah Grignon

JBS minority shareholders approve dual US-Brazil listing

May. 23, 2025 at 9:54 am CDT

Brazilian meatpacker JBS on Friday secured shareholder support to move ahead with a long-planned dual listing of shares in both the United States and Brazil, it said in a securities filing.

By Reuters

Global animal health body says vaccines needed to protect humans, trade from bird flu

May. 23, 2025 at 9:51 am CDT

Vaccinating more animals against bird flu could help protect public health and keep global trade flowing said the head of the World Organization for Animal Health.

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

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.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

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

May. 22, 2025 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned higher on Thursday, as traders adjusted their positions ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend and wholesale prices continued to rise on consumer beef demand, market analysts said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters