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China boosts Indian rapeseed meal purchases after tariff on Canadian canola imports

Apr. 8, 2025 at 9:39 am CDT

China has bought 52,000 tons of Indian rapeseed meal in the past three weeks after Chinese authorities imposed a 100 per cent retaliatory tariff on Canadian canola imports, industry sources said.

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans and corn end higher after seesaw trading

Apr. 7, 2025 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Canadian National Railway receives arbitrator’s decision for new agreement

Apr. 7, 2025 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Tariff machinations weigh on values

Apr. 7, 2025 at 3:09 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick

A distant picture of the Canadian parliament buildings.

Loss of markets overshadows federal election campaign

Apr. 7, 2025 at 2:17 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

A field of young corn plants in front of a sunset.

Even more corn in China, Brazil say attachés

Apr. 7, 2025 at 1:27 pm CDT

China and Brazil are to further solidify their positions as the world's number two and three corn producers, according to attache reports from the United States Department of Agriculture.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mexico seeks to avoid retaliatory tariffs against US, but not ruling them out

Apr. 7, 2025 at 1:06 pm CDT

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday her government would like to avoid imposing tariffs on the United States in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans, though she said they could not be ruled out.

By Kylie Madry Raul Cortes Reuters

Case IH combine at a farm show with a farmer in the foreground.

Tariffs throw US, Canadian farm machinery manufacturers into turmoil

Apr. 7, 2025 at 9:48 am CDT

All around a recent farm show in Canada, equipment salespeople struggled to swing deals with farmers worried about tariffs. With some combines costing more than $800,000, a surprise price hike from a tariff would be a hit most farm budgets cannot easily take.

By Ed White Reuters

Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs

Mexico reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu

Apr. 4, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.

By Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

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.

By Reuters Tom Polansek