Insights and Stories on Mexico

New U.S. trade chief Tai focused on CUSMA, China ties in calls

Mar. 22, 2021 at 9:31 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — New U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai mapped out her priorities and Washington’s desire to rebuild alliances in initial calls on Monday with her counterparts from Canada, Britain and the European Union. Tai, sworn in Thursday as President Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator, emphasized climate change, racial […]

Canadian Pacific to buy Kansas City Southern in bet on trade

Mar. 22, 2021 at 1:31 am CDT

By Ann Maria Shibu Nandakumar D Rebecca Spalding

U.S. trade body rules blueberry imports do not harm industry

Feb. 11, 2021 at 8:04 pm CST

By Reuters

Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:18 am CST

By Laura Gottesdiener

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat hit two-week lows on COVID-19 fears

Oct. 29, 2020 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feds seek feedback on farm worker living conditions

Oct. 28, 2020 at 4:03 am CDT

Improving and standardizing living conditions for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in Canada — specifically, those on Canadian farms — is the subject of a new round of federal consultations. Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Tuesday announced consultations are now underway until Dec. 22 with “provinces […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Dry soils push Chicago wheat higher

Oct. 19, 2020 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures firmed on Monday, hitting almost six-year highs, on concerns about dry conditions across key global growing areas, traders said. But gains were limited as investors stood by after prices have rallied 8.6 per cent so far this […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits 2014 high on global crop concerns

Oct. 16, 2020 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged to their highest prices in nearly six years on Friday as dry weather in key growing regions around the world fueled supply concerns. Corn futures ended lower, after touching a 14-month high on prospects for hefty sales to China, and soybeans also […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from prior day’s plunge

Oct. 13, 2020 at 8:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Tuesday, a day after the market’s largest drop in six months slowed a rash of farmer selling, traders said. Chicago wheat futures rose slightly but were capped by a strong U.S. dollar, while CBOT corn gained on fresh export sales to […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Mexico to phase out use of glyphosate

Aug. 13, 2020 at 2:56 am CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product. Acknowledging differences between his agriculture and environment ministries over the […]