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US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline

Jul. 8, 2025 at 10:13 am CDT

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.

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 and soy futures fall on beneficial US crop weather

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

Mexico to open sterile fly plant to combat screwworm in 2026

Jul. 7, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

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Bunge charters first Argentine soy meal cargo to China, shipping data show

Jul. 7, 2025 at 10:36 am CDT

By Ella Cao Maximilian Heath Reuters

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World food prices tick higher in June, led by meat and vegetable oils

Jul. 4, 2025 at 10:25 am CDT

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he attends an event hosted by America250 in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump says he is willing to let migrant laborers stay on US farms

Jul. 4, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is willing to let migrant laborers stay in the United States if the farmers they work for will vouch for them.

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise ahead of holiday weekend as traders monitor US weather

Jul. 3, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed on Thursday on short covering and positioning ahead of the long U.S. Independence Day holiday weekend and a speech by President Donald Trump in farm-state Iowa later on Thursday.

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop as pork prices decline, cattle higher

Jul. 3, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Thursday on lower cash market prices, while cattle futures posted modest gains despite lower beef values as tight supplies continue to underpin the market, analysts said.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Farm goods holding up U.S.-India trade talks

Jul. 3, 2025 at 10:01 am CDT

U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalize a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved.

By Reuters