Reuters — The Trump administration has indefinitely delayed a proposed overhaul of U.S. biofuels policy aimed at reducing costs for the oil industry, under pressure from corn state lawmakers who […] Read more
U.S. biofuels deal reported to be delayed indefinitely
Mexico hits back on U.S. steel, slaps tariffs on pork, bourbon
Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico responded in kind to U.S. President Donald Trump’s metals tariffs by imposing its own duties on U.S. steel on Tuesday, while also targeting politically […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump following Mexico tariff news
Chicago | Reuters — Some Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts on Tuesday fell more than two per cent at one point after Mexico announced it imposed tariffs on U.S. pork, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME futures fall on grain market weakness
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures fell on Monday, pressured by spillover weakness from sharp declines in the grains markets, traders said. Concerns about demand […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Bargain buying, short-covering lift CME hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled higher on Friday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering heading into the weekend, said traders. CME June hog futures […] Read more
Deere sues Precision Planting, claiming patent infringement
Reuters — U.S. farm equipment maker Deere and Co. on Friday sued Precision Planting and Agco Corp., accusing them of infringing on 12 of its patents. In filings to the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, trade war fears upend CME hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed lower on Thursday, rocked by profit-taking amid worries that pork could suffer from retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., traders said. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday settled up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, driven by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. They said CME live […] Read more
Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot
Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s top administrative court has ruled that the country should accept wheat with marginal levels of the common grain fungus ergot, a local newspapers said on […] Read more
Freeland to visit Washington this week for NAFTA talks
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will visit Washington this week in another bid to help unblock talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement, a […] Read more