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Crops, Markets

U.S. food companies go deal hunting as pandemic growth fades

Twinkies maker Hostess exploring a sale

By Deborah Mary Sophia September 9, 2023
Reuters — U.S. packaged food companies are set for a flurry of deals in a push to revamp their brand portfolios as their pandemic-era fortunes fade and benefits of price […] Read more

Just as in people, animal vaccines are tested for safety and effectiveness in clinical trials.
Livestock, News

Comment: Beware misinformation on livestock mRNA vaccines

Vaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals — and there are safeguards to keep them out of food

By David Verhoeven June 30, 2023
Effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, but fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time. These misconceptions have recently spilled […] Read more

File photo of the produce section at a Canadian grocery store. (FatCamera/E+/Getty Images)
Markets

Canada retools inflation baskets with more focus on food, gas

Snowblowers and barbecues in, DVD players out

By David Ljunggren June 20, 2023
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s national statistics agency on Tuesday revealed new weights for the basket of goods and services in its Consumer Price Index, giving more prominence to changes […] Read more

Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA’s logo on a tower in Jundiai, northwest of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, on June 1, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)
Livestock, Markets

Beef consumption to rise in China, JBS predicts

China seen as more competitive in domestic chicken, pork markets

By Roberto Samora February 1, 2023
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Demand for beef in China is expected to rise as the country still has relatively low per capita consumption, Gilberto Tomazoni, chief executive of JBS […] Read more

Piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

China’s 2022 pork output highest in eight years

Average hog weights remain relatively high

By Dominique Patton January 17, 2023
Reuters — China’s pork output increased 4.6 per cent in 2022 from 2021 to reach its highest level since 2014, official data showed on Tuesday, confounding some expectations for a […] Read more


CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as investors track Argentine weather

Wheat, corn drift lower after multi-week highs

By P.J. Huffstutter December 29, 2022
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Thursday, after rallying earlier in the day to the highest price since June, as investors tracked forecasts for much-needed rain across […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy firm on Argentina weather, China demand hopes

Wheat market awaits U.S. winterkill assessment

By Christopher Walljasper December 28, 2022
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday as traders watched weather forecasts in Argentina for signs of much-needed rainfall, while China’s dismantling […] Read more

CME February 2023 lean hogs with 20-day moving average (pink line) and CME cash lean hog index (blue line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME February hogs hit two-month low

China COVID-19 concerns a factor; live cattle close higher

By Mark Weinraub December 13, 2022
Chicago | Reuters — CME live hog futures fell to a two-month low on Monday, notching their fifth straight day of declines on concerns that Chinese pork consumption will fall […] Read more


A customer looks at food items displayed on shelves at a supermarket, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China on Nov. 30, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Aly Song)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Circumstances could mess with usual holiday lull

By Glen Hallick December 1, 2022
MarketsFarm — Usually at this time of year, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) slips into its holiday lull, with most trading sticking to a sideways range, Scott Capinegro of […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (dark green line), MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism

Wheat still lost nearly 10 per cent in November; soybeans rise on fresh China sales, corn down

By Rod Nickel November 30, 2022
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, supported by end-of-the-month short-covering and investor hopes that China will loosen COVID-19 rules, although the grain […] Read more

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