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U.S. livestock: Hog futures extend slide on China trade worries

Nov. 18, 2019 at 7:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell on Monday for a fourth straight session, with deferred contracts leading the way down on worries about the chances for a U.S.-China trade deal that could boost Chinese imports of U.S. pork, traders said. Most-active February lean hog futures on the […]

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

Nov. 15, 2019 at 7:33 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on diminishing hopes for China deal

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:44 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Trump administration proposes plan to raise biofuels use, EPA says

Oct. 15, 2019 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Stephanie Kelly

Trump’s hailing of Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

Oct. 11, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers cheered the Trump administration’s announcement of a potentially dramatic increase in U.S. agricultural sales to China on Friday but warned they needed to see a follow-through of actual purchases. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the agricultural purchases could scale up to $40 billion-$50 billion […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm CDT

Washington/New York | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a plan to boost U.S. biofuels consumption starting next year to help struggling farmers, a move that cheered the agriculture industry but triggered a backlash from Big Oil. The plan would require an unspecified increase in the amount of […]

By Humeyra Pamuk Stephanie Kelly

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:35 pm CDT

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that […]

By Kaori Kaneko Linda Sieg Tom Polansek

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The United States and China are still in the early stages of their trade war and tensions that arise from it should be considered the “new normal,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Wednesday. Washington has tried to hold China accountable for its […]

By Maximilian Heath

U.S., Japan sign limited trade deal

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:05 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a limited trade deal on Wednesday that cuts tariffs on U.S. farm goods, Japanese machine tools and other products while further staving off the threat of higher U.S. car duties. Trump said the deal […]

By David Lawder Jeff Mason

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