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Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat

Jun. 9, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.

U.K. wheat output to swing higher in 2025/26

Jun. 9, 2025 at 1:36 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China wants slimmer pigs

Jun. 9, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters

World food prices dip in May as cereal, sugar and vegoils drop

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:51 pm CDT

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

AgraCity says it is unable to fill orders

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Sean Pratt

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs on record highs going into the weekend

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:29 pm CDT

Live and feeder cattle futures, as well as those for lean hogs, reached contract highs on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday. A new round of trade talks between the United States and China in London next week, as well as a solid jobs report from the Labor Department helped […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago futures firm on weather, U.S.-China trade optimism

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago grains and soybeans firmed on Friday as expectations improved for U.S.-China trade relations after leaders of the two countries spoke and agreed to further discussions.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

Drop in U.S. bulk exports highlighted by USDA report

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

Since 2020, bulk exports out of the United States rose and then fell back, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on June 6. Issued by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, the Rise and Fall of Bulk Commodities cited several reasons for the drop in bulk exports.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

India’s Modi to attend G7 summit in Canada

Jun. 6, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looked forward to meeting his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney during the G7 summit, after the latter invited him to the gathering over a phone call on Friday.

By Reuters