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U.S. livestock: Lean hog, cattle futures mostly lower

Mar. 24, 2025 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago lean hog futures dropped on Monday while cattle futures edged downward.

Brazil continuing to expand its soybeans

Mar. 24, 2025 at 2:21 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Bayer hit with $2 billion Roundup verdict in US state of Georgia cancer case

Mar. 24, 2025 at 10:51 am CDT

By Reuters

UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread

Mar. 24, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

By Nigel Hunt Reuters

AAFC ups canola/pea ending stocks projections amid tariff woes

Mar. 21, 2025 at 4:06 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: Chicago corn, soy futures fall on pre-weekend selloff

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago corn and soy eased and wheat traded nearly flat on Friday as traders' concerns about the U.S. economic outlook inspired a selloff ahead of the weekend, according to analysts.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Cattle walk through a fenced channel at a feedlot

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle fall, hogs rise

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures rose, then plummeted to end the day down as the USDA released its Cattle on Feed report.

By Geralyn Wichers

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:12 pm CDT

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.

By Greg Price

ANALYSIS: Chinese anger at sale of Panama Canal ports to US investor highlights tensions between the two superpowers

Mar. 21, 2025 at 10:17 am CDT

Chinese anger at sale of Panama Canal ports to a U.S. investor highlights the growing rivalry between the two nations and leaves many questions as to how the relationship will develop under Donald Trump's administration

By The Conversation via Reuters Connect

A field of sugarcane under a cloudy sky.

Brazil sees prolonged US tariff talks, minister says, linking ethanol and sugar

Mar. 21, 2025 at 9:48 am CDT

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday his government expects lengthy tariff negotiations with the United States, and suggested they would include trade discussions involving sugar and ethanol.

By Reuters