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Crop tour forecasts record wheat yields in parts of North Dakota

Jul. 25, 2024 at 9:19 am CDT

Devils Lake, North Dakota | Reuters – U.S. spring wheat crops in northwest and north-central North Dakota are expected to produce the highest yields since at least 1994, the Wheat Quality Council said on an annual tour on Wednesday. Crop scouts estimated the average hard red spring wheat yield at […]

Pasteurization may not clear bird flu virus from heavily infected milk

Jun. 14, 2024 at 1:42 pm CDT

By Nancy Lapid

Canada forecasts hotter-than-average summer as peak wildfire season nears

Jun. 11, 2024 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Nia Williams

U.S. livestock: Supply concerns drive CME live cattle to new contract high

Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Ukraine seeks to extend shipping safe passage deal beyond grain

Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:22 am CDT

By Daren Butler Pavel Polityuk

China’s U.S. ag imports soar to new highs in 2022, but volumes vary

Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:14 am CDT

Naperville, Ill. | Reuters – China is on track to be the leading international buyer of U.S. agricultural products for a third consecutive year, as the total value of exported goods reached record levels in the first half of 2022. Some of that can be explained by increased trade volumes of […]

By Karen Braun

Corteva raises forecast as demand for seeds, crop protection products booms

Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:07 am CDT

Bengaluru | Reuters – Corteva Inc CTVA.N on Thursday raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts as the crop protection products maker benefits from surging demand from farmers looking to cash in on higher prices since the Ukraine war. The company, which reported a 14 percent jump in second-quarter operating earnings, also […]

By Ruhi Soni

Tyson Foods ignoring subpoena for meat price gouging probe, NY attorney general says

Aug. 4, 2022 at 3:02 pm CDT

New York | Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc TSN.N, one of the largest U.S. meat producers, is refusing to comply with a subpoena for a civil probe into possible price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s attorney general said on Wednesday. Letitia James, the attorney general, asked a state […]

By jonathan-stempel

‘Glimmer of hope’ as Ukraine grain ship leaves Odesa port

Aug. 2, 2022 at 9:20 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago left the port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage deal described as a glimmer of hope in a worsening global food crisis. The sailing was made […]

By Natalia Zinets

Ukraine grain export coordination centre opens in Istanbul

Jul. 27, 2022 at 12:12 pm CDT

Istanbul | Reuters – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday unveiled a centre in Istanbul to oversee the export of Ukrainian grains after a landmark U.N. deal last week, with the first shipment expected to depart from Black Sea ports within days. Russia and Ukraine signed the deal, brokered […]

By Can Sezer Orhan Coskun