Insights and Stories on United States

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:06 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — The U.S. is escalating its conflict with Mexico over agriculture biotech measures, including the stance on genetically modified (GM) corn, by requesting dispute settlement consultations, senior officials of the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Friday. The North American neighbours are inching closer to a […]

Agco, Kubota sign onto U.S. right-to-repair pledge

May. 26, 2023 at 9:54 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Rain falls, grain prices to follow

May. 25, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. working on limited bird flu vaccination for turkeys

May. 23, 2023 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. reports case of atypical BSE

May. 19, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s pig confinement law

May. 11, 2023 at 12:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, rejecting an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers. The justices voted 5-4 to uphold a […]

By Andrew Chung Nate Raymond

Person holds up a piece of a honey beehive.

Beekeepers call to reopen cross-border package bee trade

May. 2, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

Canadian beekeepers are calling for the federal government to reopen the border to the importation of U.S. package honeybees. Witnesses at a meeting of the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food last Wednesday presented recommendations for what the government could do to resolve issues of honeybee health […]

By Jonah Grignon

U.S. forecaster sees 62 per cent chance of El Nino developing during May-July

Apr. 13, 2023 at 6:48 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday predicted a 62 per cent chance of the El Niño phenomenon developing in the Northern Hemisphere during May-July, and a strong chance toward end-year, likely compounding risks to crops across the globe. “The coastal warming in the eastern Pacific may foreshadow changes […]

By Ashitha Shivaprasad

USDA stands pat on U.S. soybean, corn ending stocks

Apr. 11, 2023 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Projected ending stocks for soybeans and corn in the United States for the current marketing year were left unchanged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its latest monthly supply/demand report (WASDE) — coming as a surprise to market participants who had generally anticipated downward revisions to the […]

By MarketsFarm

After growing GM corn for decades, some U.S. farmers open to Mexican restrictions

Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Mexico has found unexpected allies as it tries to limit imports of genetically modified (GM) corn: some U.S. farmers who grow the crops. Farmers have for decades planted GM corn, which protects against insects and herbicides, with seeds sold by companies such as Bayer, Corteva and […]

By Tom Polansek

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