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U.S. Republicans continue push to override California animal welfare law

Jul. 23, 2025 at 1:40 pm CDT

U.S. Republicans are continuing years-long effort to override a California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, arguing in a House Agriculture Committee hearing that the law is overly burdensome to farmers.

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend losses as Midwest weather looks crop-friendly

Jul. 22, 2025 at 5:33 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit fresh peaks on shrinking supplies, strong cash prices

Jul. 22, 2025 at 5:28 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Ripe wheat near Selkirk, Manitoba in late August, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

France’s wheat harvest rises 30 per cent but falls short of past average levels, Argus says

Jul. 22, 2025 at 10:25 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward

Jul. 21, 2025 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops

Jul. 21, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Chicago corn and soybean futures fell on Monday on forecasts for crop-friendly rain in U.S. grain belts this week.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

A combine loads wheat into a truck during harvesting in a field of a local agricultural enterprise in the Cherlaksky district of the Omsk region, Russia.

Russia’s new-crop grain hits market as top producers report first harvest data

Jul. 21, 2025 at 12:54 pm CDT

The first grain from Russia's new crop has arrived on the market, traders and analysts said on Monday, as top producing regions reported early harvesting results, with an expected drop in the Rostov region and a good harvest in Stavropol.

By Olga Popova Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Jul. 18, 2025 at 4:30 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures touched a two-week high on Friday on worries that heat may threaten U.S. crops and expectations that the country's biofuel policy would boost demand for soyoil, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canada’s steel import duties violate WTO rules, says China

Jul. 18, 2025 at 3:14 pm CDT

The Chinese embassy in Ottawa criticized duties slapped by Canada this week on Chinese imported steel, saying on Friday they violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and disrupted the global trade order.

By Promit Mukherjee Reuters

Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says

Jul. 18, 2025 at 9:32 am CDT

Canada's International Trade Minister said on Thursday that there was interest from both sides to advance trade talks with South American bloc Mercosur, as Ottawa seeks new deals in a push to diversify from the U.S.