Insights and Stories on International

U.S. farmers say Brazil still has edge in China’s soybean market despite trade truce

May. 13, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

A surprising tariff pause between Beijing and Washington will not help U.S. farmers gain soy sales in China without additional concessions, producers said, because top-supplier Brazil still has a competitive price advantage.

Staff exodus at U.S. farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

May. 12, 2025 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas 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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures reach new contract highs

May. 12, 2025 at 3:03 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report

May. 12, 2025 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA

May. 12, 2025 at 1:39 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Gene edited pig gets green light in America

May. 12, 2025 at 11:55 am CDT

Pork made from gene-edited pigs could soon be on supermarket shelves in Canada.

By Robert Arnason

U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to the media at the Commodity Classic in Denver.

U.S. suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over New World screwworm

May. 12, 2025 at 9:41 am CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a measure that immediately drew opposition from Mexico.

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains

May. 9, 2025 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures ended mixed, while lean hogs made small gains on Friday.

By Geralyn Wichers

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks

May. 9, 2025 at 3:35 pm CDT

Chicago soybean and corn futures bounced on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of Saturday's meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials and a widely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

May. 9, 2025 at 2:56 pm CDT

The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm