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U.S. livestock: Cattle continue slump, hogs rise

May. 28, 2025 at 4:30 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures slid for the second consecutive day on Wednesday while hog futures continued to climb.

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: CBOT soybeans, corn fall on quick planting pace

May. 28, 2025 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Bayer loses appeal of $611M Roundup verdict in Missouri

May. 28, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Diana Novak Jones Reuters

USDA mission to travel to Mexico with eye toward lifting cattle import suspension, Mexico says

May. 28, 2025 at 11:11 am CDT

By Reuters

Close up of a syringe veterinarin is holding to vaccinate a cow in a barn.

Changing spread, prevalence of animal diseases causes new challenges for food, agriculture

May. 28, 2025 at 10:22 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on rain in growing regions

May. 27, 2025 at 4:10 pm CDT

Chicago wheat fell for a third straight session on Tuesday, as rain in growing areas of the U.S. Plains improved moisture for the crop, reinforcing expectations of a well-supplied market, according to analysts.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall on unconfirmed screwworm report

May. 27, 2025 at 3:56 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures fell on Tuesday as an unconfirmed report of a case of New World screwworm led to a sell-off.

By Geralyn Wichers

Pulse Weekly: Pulse Canada awaits India decision on peas

May. 27, 2025 at 11:46 am CDT

Pulse Canada is in anticipation of a decision by India whether or not to impose tariffs on Canadian yellow peas beginning June 1.

By Adam Peleshaty

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

May. 27, 2025 at 10:15 am CDT

Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.

By Reuters roberto-samora

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

May. 27, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

Australian wheat inventories will likely be much higher than last year at the end of the season, pressuring prices, because of a drop in Chinese imports and competition from ample supplies out of rival exporter Russia, analysts and traders said.

By Naveen Thukral Peter Hobson Reuters