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U.S. grains: Chicago grains and soybeans extend losses as trade fights roil

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters March 12, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade grain and oilseeds extended losses on Wednesday after a government crop report showed more U.S. corn inventories than expected, while the latest U.S. tariffs and European counter-measures fueled concerns about trade disruption, traders said.

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Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says

Exports to China, imports of Canadian weanlings caught in tariff crossfire

By Reuters, Tom Polansek March 12, 2025

Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods, the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday, and may disrupt imports of Canadian weanlings.

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Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs take effect

EU to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods, including agricultural products

By Geralyn Wichers March 12, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday as prior exemptions, duty free quotas and product exclusions expired.

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

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures end lower for third straight session; corn, wheat fall

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters March 11, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday for a third straight session, coming under pressure from hefty South American supplies hitting the global market and uncertainty over how U.S. tariffs will affect domestic demand, traders said.

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China tightens trade rules as Canadian tariffs spark price volatility

By Ella Cao, Mei Mei Chu, Reuters March 11, 2025

Zhengzhou Exchange on Tuesday raised the trading margin requirements for some rapeseed (canola) meal futures contracts to 9 per cent from seven per cent after Beijing's 100 per cent tariff on Canadian imports triggered a two-day rally that pushed prices to a five-month high.

FILE PHOTO – President-elect Donald Trump attends a campaign event, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 29, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File

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Trump says he’ll double tariffs on Canadian metals, calls for tariffs to be dropped on dairy

By Andrea Shalal, David Ljunggren, Doina Chiacu, Reuters March 11, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will double tariffs on Canadian metals to 50 per cent, and called for removal of "Anti-American farmer" tariffs on dairy.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on weakness in oil market, China deflation worries

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters March 10, 2025

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans ended lower on Monday, as prices were weighed down by weakness in the oil market and traders' concern over Chinese deflation, market analysts said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mostly higher

By Geralyn Wichers March 10, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mostly higher on Monday as tight supply fundamentals supported prices.

Markets, Reuters

Chinese rapeseed meal, oil contracts surge after tariffs on Canadian imports

By Ella Cao, Mei Mei Chu, Reuters March 10, 2025

Zhengzhou rapeseed (canola) meal and oil contracts jumped on Monday, the first day of trade since China decided to impose 100 per cent tariffs on imports of those agricultural products from Canada.

File photo of the facade of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. (Camrocker/iStock/Getty Images)

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American farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze

By Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters, Tom Polansek March 10, 2025

Farmers and food organizations across the country are cutting staff, halting investments and missing key funding amid a USDA freeze on a broad swath of grants, more than two dozen farmers and agricultural support groups in seven states told Reuters.

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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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U.S. grains: Chicago grains and soybeans extend losses as trade fights roil

Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says

Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs take effect

U.S. grains: Soybean futures end lower for third straight session; corn, wheat fall

China tightens trade rules as Canadian tariffs spark price volatility

Trump says he’ll double tariffs on Canadian metals, calls for tariffs to be dropped on dairy

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on weakness in oil market, China deflation worries

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mostly higher

Chinese rapeseed meal, oil contracts surge after tariffs on Canadian imports

American farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze

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