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USDA announces more farm aid to offset trade war losses

May. 23, 2019 at 9:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a US$16 billion farm aid package to offset losses from a 10-month trade war with China and said payment rates to farmers would be determined by where they farm rather than what crops they grow. The package, the bulk of […]

U.S. grains: Corn sinks as trade aid seen encouraging planting

May. 23, 2019 at 8:36 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade volatile ahead of USDA announcement

May. 22, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound in technical bounce, trade aid details awaited

May. 22, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers

May. 21, 2019 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-year high on slow U.S. planting

May. 21, 2019 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed for a seventh session to their highest in a year on Tuesday as rainy weather and soggy fields across the U.S. corn belt stalled spring planting. Wheat also advanced on worries about winter crop damage due to heavy rains and flooding in […]

By Karl Plume

Japan opens doors to full access of U.S. beef imports

May. 17, 2019 at 6:22 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Japan has agreed to eliminate its long-held restrictions on U.S. beef imports, opening full access to U.S. cattle products after more than 15 years, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement on Friday. “The new terms, which take effect immediately, allow […]

By Reuters

U.S. to begin testing sick and dead pigs for African swine fever

May. 16, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture within weeks will begin testing sick and dead pigs for a hog virus that has killed herds across Asia in an effort to minimize devastation if the disease enters the United States, the agency said on Thursday. Increased testing aims to […]

By Tom Polansek

China cancels U.S. pork import order as trade war drags on

May. 16, 2019 at 2:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The same week U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping increases on tariffs against Chinese goods, Chinese buyers dropped orders for 3,247 tonnes of U.S. pork — the biggest cancellation in more than a year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Thursday. The cancellation […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Factors come together to boost prices

May. 15, 2019 at 4:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A combination of three factors have contributed to the bounce in prices at the Chicago Board of Trade, according to Rich Feltes of R.J. O’Brien in Chicago. “It’s the convergence of the middle of May, which is a critical time and the confirmation that planting is not only […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm