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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.

Gene edited pig gets green light in America

May. 12, 2025 at 11:55 am CDT

By Robert Arnason

U.S. and China reach deal to temporarily slash tariffs

May. 12, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

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

By Reuters

Saskatchewan cattle producers want bovine TB investigation to target wildlife

May. 9, 2025 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

May. 9, 2025 at 2:56 pm CDT

The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

BASF’s agriculture arm eyes seeds and Asia as it prepares for listing

May. 9, 2025 at 10:35 am CDT

BASF's agriculture unit is aiming to expand in Asia and global seed markets as it prepares for a stock market listing in about two years, a senior executive told Reuters.

By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss Reuters

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

May. 9, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China's agricultural heartlands.

By Gus Trompiz Michael Hogan Peter Hobson Reuters

Ahead of China talks, Trump says 80 per cent tariffs ‘seems right’

May. 9, 2025 at 9:41 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that 80 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods "seems right;" making his first suggestion of a specific alternative to the 145 per cent levies he has imposed on China ahead of weekend talks to contain a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

By Doina Chiacu Reuters

Nutrien paints bullish fertilizer industry picture despite poor Q1 results

May. 9, 2025 at 1:30 am CDT

Nutrien offered a bullish outlook for the 2025 global fertilizer market in an analyst call on Thursday, despite issuing disappointing first-quarter results on Wednesday night.

By Ed White Reuters