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Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

By Naveen Thukral, Peter Hobson, Reuters May 27, 2025
Australian wheat inventories will likely be much higher than last year at the end of the season, pressuring prices, because of a drop in Chinese imports and competition from ample supplies out of rival exporter Russia, analysts and traders said.

A farmer in China piles wheat.  Photo: Reuters/File
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China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Peter Hobson, Reuters May 9, 2025
Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China's agricultural heartlands.


The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)
Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

By Gus Trompiz, Peter Hobson, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 7, 2025
Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybean and wheat futures weakened on Friday on renewed worries that trade disputes could hurt demand for U.S. farm products, analysts said.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

By Gus Trompiz, Peter Hobson, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 6, 2025
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to their highest level since October on Thursday as cold weather stoked concerns about potential crop damage in the Black Sea region, analysts said.

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Australia, EU canola prices rally as adverse weather crushes supply

Canadian prices will have to rise to ration demand, analyst says

By Ed White, Peter Hobson, Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide November 26, 2024
Canola oilseed prices in Australia and Europe have risen by around 20 per cent since the start of March due to tight supply and a rally in vegetable oil markets, with further gains expected as buyers remain reluctant to switch to cheaper soybeans.


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Markets

Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says

By Peter Hobson, Reuters November 22, 2024
Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.

A worker packs boxes of processed meat at the Monbeef abattoir in Cooma, Australia October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
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Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

By Peter Hobson, Reuters October 17, 2024
A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.

A quarantine area sign is attached to a tree at a quarantine zone after an outbreak of Bird flu in Victoria, Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action via Reuters
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Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

By Lucy Craymer, Peter Hobson, Reuters October 9, 2024
Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.


Protesters hold up signs during a National farmers rally outside Parliament in Canberra, Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
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Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

By Peter Hobson, Reuters September 10, 2024
Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.

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Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests

By Peter Hobson, Reuters May 13, 2024
Australia's Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied carbon dioxide in the country's largest aquifer, a plan farm groups say must be blocked because it risks poisoning water supplies.

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