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U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

Aug. 18, 2025 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago feeder cattle futures set fresh highs on Monday. Lean hog contracts also rose.

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: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Aug. 18, 2025 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Mature standing canola is ready for harvest in west-central Manitoba in late September. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

China buys first Australian canola cargo since 2020, traders say

Aug. 18, 2025 at 9:53 am CDT

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb higher to end week

Aug. 15, 2025 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Draft ‘MAHA’ commission report avoids pesticide crackdown feared by farm groups

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on short-covering ahead of weekend, crop tour

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:40 pm CDT

U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on short-covering ahead of the weekend and a closely followed crop tour set to begin surveying fields across the Midwest next week.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Animal health worker Eduardo Lugo treats the wounds of a cow as Chihuahua ranchers intensify surveillance for the screwworm after the U.S. suspended cattle imports following the detection of the parasite in southern Mexico, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union, in Nuevo Palomas, Mexico May 16, 2025.

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:04 pm CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday, Aug. 15.

By Leah Douglas Reuters Tom Polansek

India’s Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions

Aug. 15, 2025 at 11:21 am CDT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with Washington.

By Reuters

Brazil in talks with Canada to revive Mercosur trade deal

Aug. 15, 2025 at 10:53 am CDT

Brazil is engaged in a "constructive dialogue" with Canada to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement between South America's Mercosur bloc and Ottawa, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary said.

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat as demand worries overshadow USDA’s production cut

Aug. 14, 2025 at 5:27 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures declined for the first time in four sessions on profit taking on Thursday after a rally ignited by the U.S. government's lower-than-expected harvest outlook took prices to six-week highs.

By Karl Plume Reuters