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U.S. livestock: Prices down as China strikes back

Apr. 4, 2025 at 3:15 pm CDT

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued lower on Friday, as retaliatory trade action by China pressured the United States markets. China announced it will impose a 34 per cent levy on its imports from the U.S. beginning April 10.

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

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mixed

Apr. 4, 2025 at 11:02 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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

No new U.S. tariffs on Canadian canola ‘welcome news’

Apr. 4, 2025 at 10:14 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

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

China's retaliation on Friday against new U.S. tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing's move towards alternative suppliers for agriculture goods including Brazil, a shift that began during the trade war of President Donald Trump's first term.

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

Board of Trade soybean futures slid on Thursday amid concerns that new U.S. tariffs could trigger retaliatory measures against American exports, analysts said.

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. livestock: Tariffs pull down beef, pork

Apr. 3, 2025 at 3:17 pm CDT

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Thursday, following the trend in most North American futures and stock markets. The downturn came after United States President Donald Trump announced his wide-ranging reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its export […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Bird Flu Update: Mass layoffs hit U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Apr. 3, 2025 at 3:01 pm CDT

The reporting of avian influenza in the United States could become more difficult as a good many staff who were following the outbreak were fired by the Trump administration, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

By Glen Hallick