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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on wholesale demand, cutout prices

Dec. 9, 2024 at 5:40 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday, bolstered by a bump in wholesale cutout values and signs of ongoing consumer demand, according to analysts.

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: CBOT soybean futures ease, corn turns higher ahead of USDA report

Dec. 9, 2024 at 5:38 pm CST

By Renee Hickman Reuters

China, EU account for upswing in Canadian grain, oilseed exports

Dec. 9, 2024 at 2:27 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed as technical selling offsets lift from firm cash

Dec. 6, 2024 at 5:15 pm CST

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rises on technical buying, soy and wheat end mixed

Dec. 6, 2024 at 5:11 pm CST

By Karl Plume Reuters

South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print

Dec. 6, 2024 at 5:07 pm CST

South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal.

By Daniela Desantis Maximilian Heath Reuters

Mexico doing all it can to protect trade agreement with US, Canada, official says

Dec. 6, 2024 at 4:43 pm CST

Mexico is doing everything it can to protect a regional trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, the Latin American nation's deputy economy minister said in an interview published on Friday.

By Kylie Madry Reuters

US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply

Dec. 6, 2024 at 11:35 am CST

The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus among dairy herds.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Police prevent Indian Punjabi farmers marching to Delhi to demand better prices

Dec. 6, 2024 at 10:20 am CST

Indian police used tear gas and pepper spray against dozens of farmers who began marching from Punjab state along a key highway to Delhi on Friday to demand better prices for their crops.

By Anushree Fadnavis Reuters Sakshi Dayal

World food prices reach 19-month high in November, UN says

Dec. 6, 2024 at 10:07 am CST

The United Nations' world food price index rose in November to its highest level since April 2023, recording its biggest gain in 19 months on the back of surging vegetable oil prices, data showed on Friday.

By Reuters