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U.S. food companies go deal hunting as pandemic growth fades

Sep. 8, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. packaged food companies are set for a flurry of deals in a push to revamp their brand portfolios as their pandemic-era fortunes fade and benefits of price hikes start to taper off. Last month, Campbell Soup struck a $2.7 billion deal for Rao’s sauce maker Sovos Brands […]

Canada retools inflation baskets with more focus on food, gas

Jun. 20, 2023 at 12:54 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Beef consumption to rise in China, JBS predicts

Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:33 pm CST

By roberto-samora

China’s 2022 pork output highest in eight years

Jan. 17, 2023 at 3:13 am CST

By Dominique Patton

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as investors track Argentine weather

Dec. 29, 2022 at 5:45 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy firm on Argentina weather, China demand hopes

Dec. 28, 2022 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday as traders watched weather forecasts in Argentina for signs of much-needed rainfall, while China’s dismantling of COVID-19 restrictions raised hopes for improved demand. Corn also found support from uncertain weather in South America, while wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME February hogs hit two-month low

Dec. 12, 2022 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME live hog futures fell to a two-month low on Monday, notching their fifth straight day of declines on concerns that Chinese pork consumption will fall during the country’s upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, traders said. Cattle futures were firm, with strength in the cash market […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Circumstances could mess with usual holiday lull

Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Usually at this time of year, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) slips into its holiday lull, with most trading sticking to a sideways range, Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities said, suggesting that could change. “With such geo-political stuff going on and a possible railroad strike [in the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism

Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:24 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, supported by end-of-the-month short-covering and investor hopes that China will loosen COVID-19 rules, although the grain declined sharply in November on competition from Black Sea supplies. Soybeans also ticked up, touching a two-month peak, as optimism […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat inches higher on hopes China will ease COVID-19 measures

Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat finished slightly higher on Tuesday after the previous day’s three-month low, as investors saw hope that China would ease measures to counter COVID-19 infections after rare protests in the country unsettled markets a day earlier. Soybeans also gained on optimism about China, but corn […]