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Brazil’s JBS sees strong demand for meat in US

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:23 am CST

Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, sees "very strong" demand for beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., said the president of JBS USA, Wesley Batista Filho on Thursday during the firm's third quarter earnings call.

ADM says top compliance officer is leaving the company

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:19 am CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters Sourasis Bose

Syngenta working with McDonald’s to reduce gas emissions from cows

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

By Reuters

ICE Canada Weekly: Sideways trading likely until Trump sworn in

Nov. 13, 2024 at 3:01 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

European farmers kick off protests against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Nov. 13, 2024 at 12:18 pm CST

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

Trump trade policy seen as wild card for US soybean farmers, opportunity for crushers

Nov. 13, 2024 at 12:17 pm CST

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy buyer China, but tariffs could also lure companies to build more U.S. crushing plants, hungry for domestic supplies.

By Karl Plume Renee Hickman Reuters

Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs

Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

Nov. 13, 2024 at 11:39 am CST

A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza.

By Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

Canada detects its first presumptive human H5 bird flu case

Nov. 12, 2024 at 12:17 pm CST

Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday.

By Ismail Shakil Reuters

Return of US drought delays cattle-herd rebuilding, hurting Tyson Foods

Nov. 12, 2024 at 11:32 am CST

The return of drought in U.S. cattle-producing areas is delaying ranchers' plans to expand production after the nation's herd shrank to its smallest level in seven decades, farmers and analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Bayer’s shares sink to 20-year low on 2025 earnings fall forecast

Nov. 12, 2024 at 11:27 am CST

Bayer said on Tuesday that weak agricultural markets mean its earnings are likely to fall further next year, sparking a sharp fall in the German company's shares and piling pressure on its CEO to deliver on his turnaround efforts.

By Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss Reuters