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Nutrien idles three blenders in Brazil ‘indefinitely’

May. 28, 2024 at 3:31 pm CDT

Nutrien Ltd, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizer, confirmed on Tuesday that it is indefinitely halting three blenders in Brazil, where it is trying to navigate difficult market conditions.

Gene editing race, illegal seed use in crosshairs at World Seed Congress

May. 28, 2024 at 1:45 pm CDT

By John Greig

Dutch government plans to vaccinate poultry against bird flu

May. 28, 2024 at 10:14 am CDT

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

India expecting above-average rains from upcoming monsoon

May. 27, 2024 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges

May. 27, 2024 at 1:26 pm CDT

By John Greig

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle lower ahead of holiday weekend

May. 24, 2024 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Friday, amid growing uncertainty over packer interest after the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat rises 7 per cent this week on Russia crop worries

May. 24, 2024 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed nearly flat on Friday but rose seven per cent for the week as concerns grew over crop losses in Russia and other exporting countries.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canada, Mexico, U.S. and Australian cattle groups signal support for integrated beef market

May. 24, 2024 at 4:52 pm CDT

The memo of understanding, signed at trilateral meetings in Mexico last week, calls on their respective governments to invest in infrastructure and plans to protect the industry from outbreaks of foreign animal disease. It asks governments to promote livestock production as "an effect tool in land and resource management."

By Geralyn Wichers

Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

May. 24, 2024 at 3:11 pm CDT

Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

By Reuters

Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says

May. 24, 2024 at 2:48 pm CDT

Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek and Manas Mishra