Chicago/Washington | Reuters – Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks. The departures come as the country […] Read more
Staff exodus at U.S. farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu
Animal disease unit of USDA has lost 16 per cent of staff
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures reach new contract highs
Chicago cattle futures hit new contract highs, while boxed beef prices were lower.
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report
Chicago soybean futures notched a three-month high on Monday as a truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helped prices recover to pre-trade war levels, traders and analysts said.
Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA
USDA gives first glance at 2025-26 estimates
The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its estimates for the 2025-26 crop year in its May world agricultural supply/demand estimates released May 12.
Gene edited pig gets green light in America
Pork made from gene-edited pigs could soon be on supermarket shelves in Canada.
U.S. and China reach deal to temporarily slash tariffs
‘Very positive news’ for countries’, global economies says analyst
The U.S. and China announced they'd reached a deal to temporarily cut tariffs in a move that offered a reprieve to global economies.
U.S. suspends Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports over New World screwworm
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a measure that immediately drew opposition from Mexico.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs make small gains
Chicago cattle futures ended mixed, while lean hogs made small gains on Friday.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks
Chicago soybean and corn futures bounced on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of Saturday's meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials and a widely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, analysts said.
Saskatchewan cattle producers want bovine TB investigation to target wildlife
Saskatchewan environment ministry says no positive tests have been found in elk and other cervids, but testing will continue
Saskatchewan cattle producers who packed a meeting room last week for updates on the bovine tuberculosis investigation originating in their area weren't happy with much of what they heard from officials.
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