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U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

By GFM Network News May 7, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it will begin imposing a 17.5 per cent tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes, but said it is optimistic that a deal can be reached to extend a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation. “The Department of Commerce remains committed to ensuring that

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Markets

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

By David Lawder, GFM Network News April 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may curb vehicle assembly and limit consumer choice in cars, a hotly anticipated analysis from the U.S. International Trade Commission showed on Thursday. The ITC report is a crucial step in the push

An eight-year-old handler walks her best-in-class York Barrow pig on June 4, 2014 at World Pork Expo in Des Moines. (File photo: Reuters/Lane Hickenbottom)

Hogs, Livestock

World Pork Expo cancelled over swine fever fears

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 10, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. pork industry canceled its annual convention on Wednesday over concerns that international attendees could bring in an incurable hog disease at a time when U.S. farmers are already suffering from trade wars. The decision to scrap the World Pork Expo, held by the National Pork Producers Council in Des

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: June hogs limit up on swine fever concerns

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, with some contracts closing up their daily trading limit, as expectations for a bump in export deals to China, traders said. The gains were ignited by the announcement on Monday by China’s agriculture ministry that African swine fever has been found

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures ended down sharply for a second straight day on Friday after a volatile session in which traders weighed thinner near-term hog supplies against risks to pork exports with Mexico. Early-session strength stemmed from a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture hog supply report, released after

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures tumbled more than four per cent on Friday in the market’s steepest drop in nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated U.S. stocks and projected spring plantings above nearly all trade estimates. Soybeans and wheat followed corn lower despite USDA’s lower-than-expected soy and spring

File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

By GFM Network News, Sharay Angulo March 5, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb on bargain buying

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer February 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed more than one per cent on Monday, rising on technically driven bargain buying after prices fell on Friday to a five-month low, traders and analysts said. Hogs halted a four-session streak of declines while live cattle futures edged higher to notch a 1-1/2-week high on the

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selling, live cattle up

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer February 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures declined more than one per cent on Tuesday, giving back a portion of gains notched on Monday in a technical setback, traders said. Hogs on Monday surged from a multimonth low, boosted in part by technically oversold conditions. But the market remained anchored by abundant

CBOT March 2019 wheat with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat decline on persistent demand worries

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen December 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soy and wheat futures fell on Monday on positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop supply/demand report and uncertainty about the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, traders said. A higher dollar added pressure, making U.S. grains less competitive on global markets. Corn followed the weak trend but found

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: ‘Relentless’ fund selling knocks down CME cattle futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide as traders worry China may miss US buying target

Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas

Tag Archives Mexico

U.S. to levy tariff on imported Mexican tomatoes in trade spat

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

World Pork Expo cancelled over swine fever fears

U.S. livestock: June hogs limit up on swine fever concerns

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble after Trump threatens Mexico border closure

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selling, live cattle up

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat decline on persistent demand worries

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