Insights and Stories on U.S.

U.S. farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos

Feb. 22, 2024 at 9:27 am CST

Farmers across the United States are kicking themselves for putting off corn sales after fields dried up in May and June, fueling expectations for higher prices and smaller harvests. Instead, prices tanked as rains saved the crop. The size and speed of the price collapse stung farmers and left their storage bins stuffed with record amounts of corn.

Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods

Feb. 20, 2024 at 1:10 pm CST

By Robert Arnason

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:40 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Close-up picture of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

US agriculture secretary sees ‘chaos’ in meat market without congressional action on Prop 12

Feb. 14, 2024 at 12:03 pm CST

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Canadian grain exports a mixed bag in December

Feb. 7, 2024 at 5:18 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ag minister talks Proposition 12, VCOOL with the U.S.’s Vilsack

Jan. 19, 2024 at 10:56 am CST

Proposition 12 and voluntary country of origin labelling (VCOOL) were among topics raised during federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay's first ministerial trip to to the U.S. after being appointed to the portfolio late last year.

By Geralyn Wichers

Crop-killing weeds advance across US farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness

Jan. 16, 2024 at 9:58 am CST

Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer BAYGn.DE and Corteva CTVA.N can develop new ones to fight them.

By Reuters Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

Nov. 25, 2021 at 12:29 am CST

The federal Conservatives want to see a clearly defined end zone for the Canadian government’s suspension of Prince Edward Island potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced the suspension of certification for P.E.I. potato exports to the U.S., — a move which, according to […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute

Jun. 25, 2021 at 4:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a federal law requiring increasing levels of ethanol and other renewable fuels to be blended into their products, a major setback for biofuel producers. The justices overturned a lower court decision […]

By Andrew Chung Stephanie Kelly

U.K. to ask to join Trans-Pacific trading bloc ‘shortly’

Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm CST

London | Reuters — Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Since deciding to leave the European Union, a process it completed at the end of 2020, Britain has been seeking […]

By William James

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