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U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2025

Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Monday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as forecasts calling for cold temperatures across United States ranching areas raised concerns over reduced weight gains for grazing cattle.

Snowpack concerns on the Prairies has been leading many growers to wonder what could happen come spring. Photo: Thinkstock

Markets, Weather

Canadian Prairies, U.S. Midwest to get colder in January as South America becomes hotter, drier

Some warmer temps for Prairies during week of Jan. 6

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 6, 2025

Meteorologist Drew Lerner said he expects colder than normal temperatures across the Canadian Prairies and much of the United States Midwest in January, while a good portion of South America is to be hotter than normal.

Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere on Jan. 3, 2022 in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Reuters

Deere boosts bet on autonomous tractors with new machines

By Reuters January 6, 2025

Deere & Co strengthened its bet on autonomous machinery by unveiling new tractors and industrial equipment, capable of operating without the need for a human being in the cab, at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on Monday.

President-elect Donald Trump attends a campaign event, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 29, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File

News, Reuters

Trump’s policies may not prove inflationary, Bernanke, others say

By Ann Saphir, Reuters January 6, 2025

A number of leading economists, including advisers to past U.S. presidents, have coalesced around the view that President-elect Donald Trump's plans to broaden tariffs, cut taxes and curb immigration may not prove as inflationary as early analysis had suggested.

News, Reuters

Smithfield Foods first to publicly file in 2025 for big US IPO

By Reuters January 6, 2025

Smithfield Foods on Monday made public its paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States, as the maker of Farmland bacon and Farmer John sausages prepares for its U.S. stock market return after more than a decade.

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

News, Reuters

Trudeau says he will step down after new Liberal party leader named

By Reuters January 6, 2025

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he intends to step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in office but will stay on in his post until the party chooses a replacement.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn and wheat futures stumble on farmer sales, weekly dollar gains

By Reuters January 3, 2025

Chicago soybean, wheat and corn futures tumbled on Friday as a flurry of farmer sales and a strong dollar weighed on the market, analysts said.

File aerial photo of highway through cropland in Argentina. (Gracieross/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Hot Argentine summer is starting to damage crops, exchanges say

By Reuters January 3, 2025

A hot, dry austral summer is beginning to cause damage to Argentina's 2024/25 soybean and corn crops, the country's two main grains exchanges said on Friday, after abundant spring rains had until recently provided excellent growing conditions.

Markets, News, Reuters

US biofuel producers ramped up in Oct as profitability improved, data shows

By Reuters, Shariq Khan January 3, 2025

U.S. renewable diesel producers utilized 77 per cent of their total operable capacity in October, the highest since July 2024, the data showed. Biodiesel plant utilization rose to 89 per cent, the highest since June 2023.

Livestock, News, Reuters

US to award $306 million for bird flu monitoring and preparedness

By Reuters January 3, 2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday it would award $306 million (C$441.7 million) in funds to help bird flu monitoring, as the virus spreads in dairy herds and farm workers across the country.

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U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

Canadian Prairies, U.S. Midwest to get colder in January as South America becomes hotter, drier

Deere boosts bet on autonomous tractors with new machines

Trump’s policies may not prove inflationary, Bernanke, others say

Smithfield Foods first to publicly file in 2025 for big US IPO

Trudeau says he will step down after new Liberal party leader named

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn and wheat futures stumble on farmer sales, weekly dollar gains

Hot Argentine summer is starting to damage crops, exchanges say

US biofuel producers ramped up in Oct as profitability improved, data shows

US to award $306 million for bird flu monitoring and preparedness

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