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U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters December 30, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade grain futures ticked lower on Tuesday amid a sluggish trading session, as investors weighed the latest developments surrounding the Russia-Ukraine peace talks. CBOT soybean futures fell after a day of choppy trade on signs of China returning to the U.S. market, and trying to finish up last-minute

Reviews of urban agriculture policies in Canada and the United States show that local enthusiasm often runs ahead of institutional support. Photo: Getty Images Plus

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Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

December 30, 2025

London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.

Chinese agriculture ministry officials called for an increase in yields of grain and oil crops and an improvement in the self-sufficiency rate of soybean oilseeds. Photo: John Greig

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China vows to stabilize grain production, increase soybean oilseed self-sufficiency

By Reuters December 30, 2025

Chinese officials have vowed to stabilize grain production and increase soybean oilseed production capacity, readouts of agricultural policy meetings showed on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to reduce imports and ensure food security.

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U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

By Reuters December 30, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell while feeder cattle futures rose on year-end positioning, according to analysts, with the trade thin between Christmas and New Year holidays. Many funds still have net long positions, said Doug Houghton, analyst at Brock Associates, “If they’re taking profits, that’s going

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U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed

By Reuters December 29, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago grains and oilseeds fell on Monday in thin holiday season trade, as market players weighed how markets would be affected by news from Russia, Ukraine and China, according to analysts. There were positive signals from talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to end the war

The Amazon soy moratorium is considered one of the most important forces slowing deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon over the past two decades as it bars signatories from buying soybeans from farmers who plant on land deforested after July 2008. Photo: Paralaxis/Getty Images Plus

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Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil

By Ana Mano, Reuters December 29, 2025

Some of the world’s largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil’s top farm state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn

By Jennifer Rigby, Reuters December 29, 2025

Ultra-processed foods are a major public health threat that must be urgently addressed, according to a new series of papers authored by 43 global experts in the Lancet medical journal.

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Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving

December 29, 2025

Ukraine’s soil may no longer be able to sustain the country’s role as one of the major food producers without urgent action. And this could have consequences that stretch far beyond its borders.

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Argentine farmers bag last fields of a dream wheat season

By Reuters December 29, 2025

With only a few hectares left to harvest, Argentina’s wheat production is expected to exceed the country’s record wheat harvest of 22.2 million tons for the 2021/22 season by up to 25 per cent, according to official data.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

By Reuters December 24, 2025

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were little changed but ended slightly lower on Wednesday amid thin trade ahead of Christmas, analysts said. Many traders have exited out of their positions ahead of Christmas and the New Year market holidays. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled 1.45 cents lower

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Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rally

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit lowest prices since October on big supplies

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

China vows to stabilize grain production, increase soybean oilseed self-sufficiency

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed

Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil

Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn

Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving

Argentine farmers bag last fields of a dream wheat season

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

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