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Germany seeks aid for farmers after foot-and-mouth disease case

Jan. 28, 2025 at 11:47 am CST

Germany's agriculture minister will seek financial aid for farmers hit by the impact of a case of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in east Germany, the ministry said.

Buenos Aires desk cuts Argentine corn, bumps up wheat

Jan. 28, 2025 at 11:08 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop as Trump tariff worries rise

Jan. 27, 2025 at 4:17 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. threatening Canada’s canola oil industry

Jan. 27, 2025 at 3:51 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Monday

Jan. 27, 2025 at 3:00 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Meat packer Pilgrim’s Pride agrees to pay $41 million to settle investors’ lawsuit

Jan. 27, 2025 at 1:25 pm CST

Meat industry giant Pilgrim’s Pride has agreed to pay $41.5 million (C$59.7 million) to settle a securities class action alleging the company artificially boosted its stock price by making false and misleading statements about chicken industry competition.

By Reuters

China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries

Jan. 27, 2025 at 9:56 am CST

China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease.

By Reuters

AgRural trims forecast for Brazil’s 2024/25 soy crop

Jan. 27, 2025 at 9:54 am CST

Brazil's 2024/25 soybean crop is expected to total 171 million metric tons, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, lowering its forecast by 500,000 tons due to lower yields in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana and Rio Grande do Sul.

By Reuters

US reports first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry

Jan. 27, 2025 at 9:51 am CST

The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.

By Reuters

Frigid weather likely damaged US winter wheat crop, meteorologist says

Jan. 24, 2025 at 4:14 pm CST

Frigid temperatures this week likely killed as much as 15 per cent of the winter wheat crop in parts of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, the Commodity Weather Group said on Friday, in an ominous sign for U.S. wheat production.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters