Insights and Stories on Germany

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall, cattle up on technical trading, profit-taking

Sep. 14, 2020 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures slid on Monday on technical selling and profit-taking, as the trade began to question whether Chinese demand for U.S. pork will boom after rival supplier Germany confirmed a single case of African swine fever in a wild boar. U.S. pork packer margins […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb on bullish pork export prospects

Sep. 11, 2020 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit up on pork export optimism

Sep. 11, 2020 at 1:06 am CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn up as hog futures soar

Sep. 10, 2020 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Swine fever found in Germany putting pork exports at risk

Sep. 10, 2020 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Michael Hogan Thomas Escritt

Germany reports first suspected case of African swine fever

Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:44 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s ministry of food and agriculture said on Wednesday it had a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The suspected case concerned a wild boar carcass found near the German-Polish border. A sample of the […]

By Reuters

Feds to probe complaints of wheat gluten dumping

Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:54 am CDT

Federal officials are launching a probe into whether wheat gluten from six countries is being dumped in Canada at prices undercutting the domestic product. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said Friday it’s launching an investigation to determine whether “certain wheat gluten” from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania […]

By Dave Bedard

African swine fever spreads near German border

Jan. 9, 2020 at 1:34 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union’s biggest pork exporters. A report posted on […]

By Reuters

Shut out of China, Canada finds canola buyers in drought-damaged Europe

Aug. 22, 2019 at 2:48 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Paris | Reuters — Crop-scorching drought in Europe is providing Canadian canola farmers a timely new opportunity to move supplies that have piled up since China stopped buying this year. Rising European sales are taking some of the sting out of losing the Chinese market for Canadian farmers, although ICE […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

Sausage-loving Germans chew over meat tax plan

Aug. 7, 2019 at 2:42 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — German lawmakers on Wednesday proposed raising the sales tax on meat to help protect the climate and improve animal welfare, kindling a debate in a country renowned for its love of sausages. Meat in Germany benefits from a reduced value added tax rate of seven per […]

By Reuters

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