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Pulse weekly: Good yields, but smaller U.S. edible bean crop expected

Aug. 13, 2025 at 2:09 pm CDT

Dry edible bean production in the United States is forecast to be down in 2025 despite improved yields due to a reduction in harvested area, according to updated estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue gains, hogs slide

Aug. 12, 2025 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Canola Fields in Dufferin County, May 24, 2022

Chinese anti-dumping duties shut market to Canadian canola

Aug. 12, 2025 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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 dives after USDA projects bin-busting US harvest, soybeans rise

Aug. 12, 2025 at 2:20 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Aug. 12, 2025 at 1:38 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

Aug. 12, 2025 at 11:44 am CDT

Smithfield Foods raised its annual operating profit forecast on Tuesday as its hog business rebounded from losses and the biggest U.S. pork processor said it resumed U.S. exports to China that had been crippled by tariffs.

By Anuja Bharat Mistry Reuters Tom Polansek

Michelle Miller, a social media based influencer known as The Farm Babe, poses at Walker Farms in North Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., July 9, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Jerry Beard

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

Aug. 12, 2025 at 10:33 am CDT

The Farm Babe Michelle Miller seeks to debunk what she sees as misconceptions about modern agriculture perpetuated by another universe of influencers, many of whom are now closely aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and his Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, campaign.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

Aug. 11, 2025 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures closed with small gains on Monday after Friday's fall. Lean hog futures were also up.

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally after Trump urges China to buy more U.S. beans

Aug. 11, 2025 at 3:01 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures rallied to a two-week high on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped China would quadruple its soybean buying from the United States and as forecasts of hot, dry U.S. weather sparked some concern about yields.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Trump urges China to quadruple soybean orders

Aug. 11, 2025 at 10:38 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged China to quadruple its soybean purchases ahead of a key tariff truce deadline, sending Chicago soybean prices higher, though analysts were quick to question the feasibility of any such deal.

By Chandni Shah Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters

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