A logo is seen at the headquarters of agricultural chemical maker Syngenta in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

Beijing nudged Syngenta to withdraw $9 billion Shanghai IPO on market weakness, sources say

China's securities watchdog's tighter scrutiny of IPOs has led some companies to scrap plans, move offshore

Chinese authorities nudged Swiss agrichemicals and seeds group Syngenta to withdraw its application for a long-delayed $9 billion IPO in Shanghai on concerns about the impact a sizeable new offering would have on a volatile market, four people said.







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

USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries

Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies

The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.


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Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests

Total exports down, but percentage going to China increased

Australian wheat and barley came away with average crops for 2023/24, as the threat of dryness caused by an El Niño posed a major challenge, according to the United Stated Department of Agriculture attaché in the country’s capital of Canberra.