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Canadian pea exports slow in June

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 6, 2024

Canadian pea exports slowed in June, as end user demand shifted to the looming new crop with only one month left in the 2023/24 marketing year, according to the latest Statistics Canada trade data released Aug. 6. Chickpea movement was also slow, while lentil exports were up on the month but still off the year-ago pace.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

China shuts cattle farm after anthrax outbreak, five human infections

By Reuters August 6, 2024

China's eastern Shandong province reported five people were infected with anthrax and a beef cattle farm was shut after an outbreak was discovered in the agricultural province.

Jewish organizations say that the decision resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada. Photo: Dave Bedard

Beef Cattle, News

CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations

By John Greig August 6, 2024

The CFIA will no longer require three determinations of unconsciousness previously mandated for ritually slaughtered animals after a recent federal court ruling. Jewish organizations and companies had appealed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations in court, claiming they made kosher slaughter difficult, which resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures swing wildly, fall on economy concerns

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters August 2, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures plunged sharply on Friday, with back-month feeder cattle contracts setting new lows, as signs of a weakening U.S. economy spurred market participants to unwind long positions and seek cover, traders said.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters August 2, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures turned higher on Friday as market participants and fund traders scrambled to cover their hefty short positions on signs of the U.S. economy weakening, market analysts said.

Esther Kimani (right) received the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2024 for developing the Early Crop Pest and Disease Detection Device. Photo: Royal Academy of Engineering

Machinery, News, Reuters

Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation

By Kim Harrisberg, Reuters August 2, 2024

Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.

News, Reuters

EU clears Bunge and Viterra’s $34 billion merger deal

By Reuters August 1, 2024

The European Commission said on Thursday that it had cleared the $34 billion merger deal between Bunge and the Glencore-backed company Viterra.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn prices near four-year low, trapped below $4/bushel

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters August 1, 2024

U.S. corn and soybean futures fell to their lowest levels in nearly four years on Thursday as forecasts for cool, rainy weather in the Corn Belt boosted yield expectations, analysts said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall amid fund selling, lower wholesale prices

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters August 1, 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Thursday, with the most-active feeder cattle contract FCU24 falling more than two per cent, amid a flurry of fund selling and signs of weakening consumer demand.

News

New U.S. organic rules cause headaches for Canadian exporters

By Geralyn Wichers August 1, 2024

The rule, which implements mandates from the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill, requires National Organic Program (NOP) certificates for all organic imports, and certification of businesses at more points of the supply chain, among other changes the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release in January 2023.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

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Canadian pea exports slow in June

China shuts cattle farm after anthrax outbreak, five human infections

CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures swing wildly, fall on economy concerns

U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns

Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation

EU clears Bunge and Viterra’s $34 billion merger deal

U.S. grains: Corn prices near four-year low, trapped below $4/bushel

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall amid fund selling, lower wholesale prices

New U.S. organic rules cause headaches for Canadian exporters

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