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A soybean crop in Manitoba's Interlake in 2022.

U.S. soybean exports risk 20 per cent drop without improved China deal

May. 14, 2025 at 10:29 am CDT

U.S. soybean exports may drop 20 per cent and prices will plunge if the United States and China fail to resolve their trade dispute limiting U.S. soybeans from their largest market, agribusiness consultancy AgResource said on Wednesday.

U.S. cattle producers have started rebuilding herds, or will soon, Tyson Foods CEO says

May. 14, 2025 at 10:24 am CDT

By Reuters

Mexico says it expects early review of CUSMA trade pact

May. 13, 2025 at 11:49 am CDT

By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez Reuters

Bayer: U.S. Supreme Court could decide in June whether it will hear glyphosate case

May. 13, 2025 at 11:34 am CDT

By Reuters

Heath MacDonald in as agriculture minister

May. 13, 2025 at 11:00 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

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.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

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. and China reach deal to temporarily slash tariffs

May. 12, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

The U.S. and China announced they'd reached a deal to temporarily cut tariffs in a move that offered a reprieve to global economies.

By emma-farge Olivia Le Poidevin Reuters

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

Saskatchewan cattle producers want bovine TB investigation to target wildlife

May. 9, 2025 at 3:32 pm CDT

Saskatchewan cattle producers who packed a meeting room last week for updates on the bovine tuberculosis investigation originating in their area weren't happy with much of what they heard from officials.

By Karen Briere