Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned lower on profit-taking after the benchmark contract Cv1 hit a six-month high in choppy trade ahead of the year's end, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Corn falls on profit-taking after reaching 6-month high
Russia extends quota on ‘unfriendly’ country seed imports, Interfax reports
Russia on Monday extended quotas on the import of certain types of seed from countries designated as "unfriendly", the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian government's press service.
Chile’s ‘seed guardians’ grow and protect forgotten food varieties
An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping them safe from industrial agriculture and genetic modification.
Winter wheat conditions to worsen in central Russia and Volga, weather agency says
Conditions for winter wheat crops will worsen in Russia's Central and Volga areas in January as warmer-than-usual weather and excess moisture causes sprouts to keep growing during the winter, the state weather agency said on Saturday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on strong beef, cash cattle markets
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, buoyed by rising wholesale beef prices and firm cash cattle markets, traders said.
U.S. grains: US corn futures climb to 6-month top, wheat firms, soy sags
U.S. corn futures hit a six-month high on Friday on stronger-than-expected weekly export sales data and supportive chart signals, analysts said.
China boosts financial support in agriculture to strengthen food security
Beijing | Reuters – Chinese authorities on Friday called for increased financial support to stabilize key agricultural products, including grain, as part of broader efforts to ensure food security for China’s 1.4 billion population. The government pledged to strengthen the use of monetary policy tools such as relending and rediscount facilities, and reserve requirement ratio, […] Read more
China investigates beef imports as oversupply squeezes prices
China will launch an investigation into beef imports, the commerce ministry said on Friday, as the world's biggest meat importer and consumer grapples with an oversupplied market that has sent domestic prices to multi-year lows.
Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.
ICE canola futures jump on speculative buying
Canola's rise comes as buyers have moved in while farmers have backed off sales. Farmers tend to sell less in the last weeks of December if their fiscal year ends on Dec. 31, and then sell more heavily in early January.
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