A surprising tariff pause between Beijing and Washington will not help U.S. farmers gain soy sales in China without additional concessions, producers said, because top-supplier Brazil still has a competitive price advantage.

U.S. farmers say Brazil still has edge in China’s soybean market despite trade truce

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.

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. 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.

BASF’s agriculture arm eyes seeds and Asia as it prepares for listing
BASF's agriculture unit is aiming to expand in Asia and global seed markets as it prepares for a stock market listing in about two years, a senior executive told Reuters.

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say
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.

Nutrien paints bullish fertilizer industry picture despite poor Q1 results
Low U.S. corn profitability big threat to phosphate demand, analyst says
Nutrien offered a bullish outlook for the 2025 global fertilizer market in an analyst call on Thursday, despite issuing disappointing first-quarter results on Wednesday night.

Ahead of China talks, Trump says 80 per cent tariffs ‘seems right’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that 80 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods "seems right;" making his first suggestion of a specific alternative to the 145 per cent levies he has imposed on China ahead of weekend talks to contain a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

U.S. grains: Soybeans up ahead of US-China talks, corn slips on good weather
Chicago soybean futures crept higher on Thursday as higher soyoil futures and hopes that upcoming U.S.-China trade talks in Switzerland could reduce trade tensions that have disrupted U.S. grain and oilseeds exports, analysts said.