Russia’s seaborne grain exports fell to 5.1 million metric tons in September, 10.1 per cent down on the same month of 2024, according to shipping data.
Russia’s seaborne grain exports fell 10 per cent year-on-year in September, data shows
India and Canada agree on new roadmap for relations
India and Canada agreed on Monday on a new roadmap for relations after two years of strained ties. India is a key market for Canadian pulses like lentils and yellow peas.
U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures plummeted on Friday as trade restrictions announced by China and escalating rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump cooled hopes of a resolution to a standoff between Washington and Beijing.
Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data
U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise to new highs on tight supply, strong cash prices
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rallied on Thursday to a record high on strong cash market prices and tight supplies linked to the U.S. suspension of Mexican imports due to the spread of screwworm south of the border. Live cattle followed feeders higher, posting new contract highs in deferred contract […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on profit-taking, China trade worries
U.S. soybean futures retreated on Thursday after two days of gains, pressured by profit taking and technical selling and on growing concerns about a promised farmer aid package and a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade negotiations.
Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations
Expana has raised its monthly grain production forecast for European Union crops for the 2025/26 season, projecting soft wheat output will hit a record high and barley a 17-year high.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures scaled to a record high on Wednesday on strong cash market prices and tight supplies as the U.S. border remains closed to Mexican imports due to the northward spread of the parasitic pest screwworm. Live cattle followed feeders higher, supported by a rebound in wholesale […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight day on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. harvest yields will be lower than the latest government forecast and on limited sales by farmers awaiting news from U.S.-China trade talks and details of government aid. Corn followed soybeans higher as an expected yield forecast […] Read more
Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions
Food group Nestle said on Wednesday it had withdrawn from a global alliance for cutting methane emissions that aims to reduce the impact of dairy farming on global warming.
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