Bayer confirmed its full-year forecast for earnings and cash flow on Monday despite slow business at its crop science and consumer health divisions.			
		 
	Bayer confirms 2024 outlook despite slow start for agriculture, consumer health units
 
	Crop Trust seeks more funding to protect global seed diversity
Climate change, surge of conflict makes crop seed preservation more urgent, organization says
								Crop Trust, which works to preserve crop bio-diversity, needs to more than double its $300 million endowment fund to be able to support seed banks across the world, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz said.			
		 
	U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures rally on bargain buying, geopolitical tensions
								U.S. corn and soybean prices rose on Friday as heightened geopolitical tensions spurred a round of bargain buying after the benchmark contracts in both markets fell to their lowest levels in more than six weeks, traders said.			
		 
	Alberta municipalities, farmers agree to cut water use as drought persists
								Municipalities and irrigation districts in Alberta have agreed to use less water this summer to combat a severe ongoing drought, the provincial government said on Friday.			
		 
	China set for bumper harvests of grains and oilseeds, ministry says
								China is set for another year of bumper harvest of grains and oilseeds, helped by expanded planting of winter wheat and rapeseed and healthy growth of seedlings, the country's agriculture ministry said on Friday.			
		 
	U.S. livestock: Live cattle end higher ahead of monthly USDA data
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended modestly higher on Thursday as traders squared positions ahead of a monthly feedlot report due on Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), traders said.			
		 
	U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on South American supply, dry weather supports wheat
								U.S. soybean and corn futures closed lower on Thursday after touching six-week lows, with both markets facing pressure from hefty South American supplies, traders said.			
		 
	U.S. grains: Soybeans edge higher as Brazilian market firms
								U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday, bouncing on a round of bargain buying after the most-active July contract SN24 hit a six-week low, buoyed in part by firming Brazilian soy markets, analysts said.			
		 
	Argentina corn harvest faces more deep cuts from stunt disease spread
								Argentina's corn harvest, already cut sharply due a stunt disease spread by leafhopper insects, was "likely" to be slashed significantly further, a Rosario grains exchange analyst said on Wednesday, a blow to the embattled South American country.			
		 
	U.S. livestock: Live cattle extend recovery
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher for a second consecutive session on Tuesday as the market extended a recovery from oversold conditions, analysts said.			
		 
            