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U.S. grains: Corn rises after setting contract lows on favorable US crop prospects

Jul. 9, 2025 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned higher on Wednesday after favorable U.S. crop conditions pushed prices to contract lows.

U.S. livestock: Record highs in cattle futures

Jul. 8, 2025 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn futures slip further as US crop conditions improve

Jul. 8, 2025 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a press conference to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s "National Farm Security Action Plan," outside the USDA in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

U.S. farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation

Jul. 8, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

High-resolution image of curious free-range chickens looking directly into the camera, shot in wide-angle on green grass under a blue sky

US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline

Jul. 8, 2025 at 10:13 am CDT

By Reuters

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: Corn and soy futures fall on beneficial US crop weather

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:58 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures slid on Monday on forecasts for favorable U.S. crop weather, traders said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

Mexico to open sterile fly plant to combat screwworm in 2026

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

Mexico's government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million (C$69.8 million) facility in the country's south as part of an effort to combat screwworm, a pest that has disrupted Mexican exports of cattle to the United States.

By Reuters

Premiers Doug Ford and Danielle Smith signed two MOUs Monday in Calgary. Screenshot taken from YouTube livestream.

Ontario, Alberta sign new agreements on energy trade

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:10 pm CDT

Ontario and Alberta have signed agreements to build new trade infrastructure between the two provinces.

By Jonah Grignon

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb higher out of long weekend

Jul. 7, 2025 at 3:29 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Monday, hitting fresh highs in the feeder market after the Independence Day weekend while live cattle lagged to the upside. August feeder cattle futures were up by 4.225 cents per pound at 313.725 cents per pound. The August live cattle […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Overhead shot of a grain cargo ship at a pier.

Bunge charters first Argentine soy meal cargo to China, shipping data show

Jul. 7, 2025 at 10:36 am CDT

Grains merchant Bunge has chartered 30,000 metric tons of Argentine soybean meal cargo destined for China, data seen by Reuters on Monday showed, which would mark the first such soymeal cargo since Beijing approved Argentine imports in 2019.

By Ella Cao Maximilian Heath Reuters