Insights and Stories on United States

Northern California deluge’s current rainfall level expected again

Jan. 3, 2023 at 8:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While the deluge of rain over northern California took a day’s break on Tuesday, agricultural meteorologist Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. said the heavy precipitation would soon resume. Following the worst drought in California history, the state has been receiving very intense precipitation that’s brought flooding to […]

U.S. brings new Canadian dairy tariff rate quota complaint

Dec. 20, 2022 at 9:05 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Mexico says it aims for agreement with U.S. on GM corn in January

Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices pull back

Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:52 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. lawmakers call for action over Mexico’s GM corn ban

Dec. 12, 2022 at 4:34 am CST

By Cassandra Garrison

USDA supply/demand estimates show only minor updates

Dec. 9, 2022 at 2:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Updated supply-and-demand (WASDE) tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture included only minimal adjustments to the U.S. and world numbers, with larger revisions likely in the New Year. U.S. soybean and wheat ending stocks projections for the current marketing year were left unchanged, while the corn number was […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mexico to rework decree on GM corn, economy minister says

Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:03 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has offered to extend a deadline to ban genetically modified (GM) corn until 2025 and is working on a proposal to overhaul its plan, Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro said on Wednesday. Buenrostro said President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had told the U.S. Mexico could […]

By Adriana Barrera Dave Graham

Huawei executive’s U.S. bank fraud charges to be dismissed

Dec. 1, 2022 at 8:16 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the U.S. and China. Meng struck a deal with the prosecutors last year for the charges against […]

By Karen Freifeld

Biden administration makes case for quick Senate vote to avoid rail shutdown

Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Senate to quickly pass a bill to block a railroad strike, warning that serious economic disruptions could be felt within days. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a bill to impose a tentative contract […]

By David Shepardson

Feed weekly outlook: Looming corn imports to keep lid on Prairie barley

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:36 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Large shipments of corn from the U.S., slated for delivery to Alberta’s feedlot alley, should keep domestic barley prices under pressure going forward, according to an analyst. “The barley price here will gradually decline,” said Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, adding that up to 30 […]