Russia widens grain export curbs

Russia widens grain export curbs

Reuters – Russian authorities have halted grain exports on some ships belonging to Aston, one of the biggest local grain trading houses, two industry sources said. The move widens a quality probe that has already curbed exports of another major trader. According to sources, Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has not provided some of the company’s

View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024.

Baltimore shipping set to resume by end of April

Reuters – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said April 4 that it expects to open a new channel to the Port of Baltimore by the end of April, freeing up commercial shipping blocked by a collapsed bridge. It expects to restore port access to full capacity by the end of May. The main channel


Chile’s bees devastated by floods after fires 

Chile’s bees devastated by floods after fires 

Reuters – Extreme weather events in Chile, including major recent floods and wildfires earlier this year, are devastating colonies of the humble bee, a key pollinator for crops of avocados and almonds in one of the global South’s key food-producing countries.  Heavy rainfall has caused floods that have blocked roads and prompted evacuations in the

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Controversial U.S. cull kills 19 feral cattle in New Mexico wilderness area

Reuters – Nineteen feral cattle have been shot from a helicopter by federal employees in a New Mexico wilderness area in a cull opposed by ranchers and criticized by the state’s governor. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) said the three-day operation was the most efficient way to stop the undomesticated animals from destroying endangered species’

Bayer sued for barring non-U.S. citizen from Roundup settlement

Reuters – A new U.S. lawsuit accuses Bayer of illegally excluding a Virginia farm worker from a settlement over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer because she is not a U.S. citizen. The complaint said Elvira Reyes-Hernandez, who used Roundup while working on tree farms before being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2019, expected to


Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform: advocates

Reuters – Hormel Foods’ labeling of a meat product line as “natural” despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms, said consumer advocates and documents released on Nov. 15 from a lawsuit the company is close to settling. The false advertising suit, brought

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U.S. livestock: Supply concerns drive CME live cattle to new contract high

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher and reached a new contract high on Wednesday amid concerns about tightening U.S. supplies, brokers said. Strong recent gains have left the market technically overbought and due for a setback, brokers said. “We’ve had a nice rally here,” said Matt Wiegand, commodity broker



U.S. plans rule to protect livestock farmers from company retaliation

Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing regulations to prevent meat companies from retaliating against livestock and poultry farmers who speak out on practices such as price-fixing. The USDA also said it would work with state attorneys general to investigate anticompetitive practices in the agricultural sector that contribute to inflation. The moves aim

A person shops at the North Mart grocery store in Iqaluit, Nunavut July 28.

Cold and hungry

Northern residents say rising food costs creating new and growing economic challenges

Reuters – In Canada’s remote north, residents have long paid dearly for food, and rising prices have worsened an already dire situation, exposing the vulnerability of one of the world’s biggest exporters of grains and meat. Communities in Nunavut have no roads to connect them with each other, forcing them to rely on fresh food