Canadian food and beverage makers have begun to feel the pinch of trade tensions with the U.S. according to a new forcast by Farm Credit Canada, which downgraded sales growth predictions from the start of the year.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
Chicago | Reuters – Lean hog futures stormed to contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday as smaller-than-expected U.S. inventory numbers stoked concerns about supplies, analysts said. The nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per cent from a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a […] Read more
The National Farmers Union is pushing back against changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act that would narrow the scope of farmers’ right to save seed or propagate crops from cuttings and tubers.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished slightly higher on Friday but posted a second weekly loss after China made large purchases of Argentine cargoes this week, snubbing U.S. supplies.