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U.S. grains: Soy hits four-month high on hopes for China trade deal

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By Reuters, Tom Polansek 8 hours ago

U.S. soybean futures jumped to their highest level in more than four months on Monday on hopes that China will resume buying American supplies after President Donald Trump said the countries were set to reach a trade deal during his trip to Asia this week.

Jake Guse, a crop scout on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, collects corn samples from a corn field as scouts travel across the midwest trying to gauge the size of the corn and soybean crop that farmers will harvest in the fall, in northwest Indiana, U.S. August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.

Farmers for years relied on USDA data to guide decisions. Now their trust has been shaken.

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters 13 hours ago

The USDA predicts a record corn crop for U.S. farmers, who question the agency’s accuracy amidst high debt and low crop prices.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tours steel fabricator Walters Group in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada July 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio

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Carney visits Asia to forge new alliances and reduce U.S. dependence

Canada’s trade diversification targets include the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan

By Reuters 3 days ago

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney embarks on his first official visit to Asia on Friday in an attempt to deepen trade and security ties at a time when the North American country is struggling to lessen its overwhelming dependence on the U.S. and redefine its foreign policy in pursuit of new markets.

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during lunch with Argentina’s President Javier Milei (not pictured) in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Trump says talks with Canada off after ad invokes Reagan as free-trader

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By Reuters 3 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Canada on Friday after terminating trade talks over a Canadian political advertisement that used Republican icon Ronald Reagan saying tariffs cause trade wars and economic disaster.

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IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat crop forecast

By Reuters 5 days ago

The International Grains Council has raised its forecast for 2025/26 global wheat production with crop outlooks upgraded for Russia, the United States and Argentina.

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Trump quadrupling Argentina beef tariff rate quota to 80,000 tonnes

By Reuters 5 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is quadrupling the tariff rate quota on Argentinian beef to 80,000 tonnes to reduce prices and protect American farmers, a White House official said on Thursday.

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

Markets, reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures inch higher on China trade optimism

By Reuters 5 days ago

U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday as traders remained hopeful for progress in trade talks with top soy buyer China and on a Japanese proposal to increase U.S. soy purchases, deals that could help U.S. farmers avert major losses.

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China imports no US soybeans in September for first time in seven years

Brazil dominates China’s soybean imports with 85.2 per cent share

By Reuters 5 days ago

China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time since November 2018 that shipments fell to zero, while South American shipments surged from a year earlier, as buyers shunned American cargoes during the ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

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Rules-based trading system at risk of derailment, says UN chief

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By Reuters 5 days ago

The head of the United Nations said on Wednesday that the global trade system was facing major challenges due to tariffs, with developing countries worst affected.

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Trump urges U.S. cattle ranchers to lower prices as he touts tariffs

By Reuters 5 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on cattle ranchers to lower prices