About 5,400 Tyson Foods Inc. employees have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or received their first shots since the meat processor ordered its entire U.S. workforce to be vaccinated by November, the company said. Major U.S. companies are changing policies on vaccinations and masking as the Delta variant of the coronavirus drives a resurgence of
Tyson Foods says 5,400 employees take COVID-19 shots after vaccine mandate
Company expects to lose some employees, citing mixed reaction
Maersk signs first green methanol deal toward dropping fossil fuels
Copenhagen | Reuters — A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the world’s largest shipping firm gears up to operate its first carbon-neutral ship in 2023. With about 90 per cent of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly three per cent of the world’s
Russia’s agriculture ministry pauses grain harvesting data
Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has paused its daily publication of grain harvesting data while it refines the reporting format used by the country’s growing regions, the ministry said Wednesday. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter, supplying it mainly to Africa and the Middle East. It competes with the European Union and
Bayer takes battle over Roundup cancer claims to U.S. Supreme Court
Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, trying to contain billions of dollars in legal costs, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court verdict that upheld damages to a customer blaming his cancer on the German group’s glyphosate-based herbicides. Bayer last week lost a third appeal against verdicts that sided with
Russian bread makers plan to raise prices due to higher costs
Several Russian bread producers have told retail chains they plan to raise prices by seven to 12 per cent from August due to higher production costs and the limited effect of state support, the Kommersant daily reported July 19. Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, has introduced a series of grain export curbs
France bans crushing and gassing of male chicks from 2022
France will ban from next year the killing of male chicks by crushing or gassing, a practice denounced as barbaric by animal welfare groups, and will push for a similar measure at the European level, the agriculture minister said. Each year, 50 million male chicks are culled in this way, Julien Denormandie said in an
Strategie Grains lifts EU grain crop and export forecasts
Consultant Strategie Grains has further increased its monthly production forecasts for all three major cereals in the European Union in the current 2021-22 season, which it said will help the bloc to meet higher projected demand on the global market. However, the consultancy also echoed mounting concerns over the potential impact on grain quality from
First German swine fever cases on farms could complicate import ban talks
Finding comes at crucial time as country seeks market access
The discovery July 16 of the first cases of African swine fever (ASF) in farm pigs in Germany could make negotiations about lifting existing import bans with China and other major buyers more difficult, but no major impact on the German pork market is immediately expected, experts said. ASF was confirmed on farm animals in
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain
Medium-, long-term supplies tighten
Chicago | Reuters — CME feeder cattle futures firmed on Friday, bolstered by lower corn and wheat markets that may translate into eased feed costs, traders said. CME live cattle also gained and are expected to firm next week as the trade digests the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle on feed report released after
U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on export demand
CME lean hog futures mixed
Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures firmed on Thursday, supported by strong export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Hog futures were narrowly mixed, with the nearby contract firm on good weekly exports while deferreds eased on technical selling. CME August lean hog futures gained 0.075 cents to 106.65 cents/lb., while most-active October dipped