Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures continued to rally on Tuesday, with feeder contracts setting new all-time highs, as U.S. cash prices remained firm and domestic supplies of replacement animals continued to shrink, market analysts said.
The United States will sell “so much” beef to Australia, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday after Canberra relaxed import restrictions, adding that other countries that refused U.S. beef products were on notice.
Miner and trader Glencore said on Wednesday that its long-term strategy could involve the sale of its 16.4 per cent stake in enlarged global agribusiness Bunge Global some time in the future.
The Bank of Canada held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent for the third time in a row on Wednesday, as expected, and said the risk of a severe and escalating global trade war had diminished.
Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday amid signs of profit-taking and reports of ample global supplies, which are outweighing concerns over smaller Russian crop estimates, market analysts said.
This year’s soft wheat crop in France, the European Union’s biggest producer, is expected to rise to 33.40 million metric tons, up 30 per cent from a rain-hit harvest last year, Argus Media said on Tuesday.
A French court ruled on Thursday that a complaint brought by a family against Bayer claiming their son's disabilities were the result of his mother’s exposure to glyphosate when pregnant was inadmissible, local media reported.
Chicago wheat futures plunged to contract lows on Tuesday to approach their lowest point since 2020 as sinking corn futures and seasonal supply pressure from Northern Hemisphere harvests weighed on the market, traders said.