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U.S. cattle ranchers slowly start to rebuild decimated herd

Aug. 7, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

In major U.S. livestock regions, some ranchers have slowly begun taking the first steps to boost cattle production after the nation’s inventory shrank due to a years-long drought that dried up pasture land used for grazing and hiked feeding costs.

China soybean imports hit record June high on strong Brazil shipments

Jul. 14, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters

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US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline

Jul. 8, 2025 at 10:13 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he attends an event hosted by America250 in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump says he is willing to let migrant laborers stay on US farms

Jul. 4, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

By Reuters

‘Amber waves of grain’ recede in America’s heartland as wheat farmers struggle

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT

By Emily Schmall Reuters

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

May. 23, 2025 at 11:18 am CDT

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.

By Jonah Grignon

Pigs can’t fly: U.S. high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout

May. 22, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but dried up since U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with Beijing.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. cattle producers have started rebuilding herds, or will soon, Tyson Foods CEO says

May. 14, 2025 at 10:24 am CDT

U.S. cattle producers have started rebuilding the nation's herd or are close to doing so, Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said on Wednesday, after supplies dwindled to a 74-year low.

By Reuters

U.S. farmers say Brazil still has edge in China’s soybean market despite trade truce

May. 13, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

A surprising tariff pause between Beijing and Washington will not help U.S. farmers gain soy sales in China without additional concessions, producers said, because top-supplier Brazil still has a competitive price advantage.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

US farm agency to require DOGE approval for some loans

May. 1, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

Farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will now need approval from billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to issue loans over $500,000, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

By Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

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