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U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

But boosts duties on China to 125 per cent

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 9, 2025

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Wednesday, after United States President Donald Trump announced he will pause his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Trump said the suspension of the levies comes as more than 75 countries were set to negotiate trade with the U.S. or had not taken

Disruption in trade with U.S. expected to continue for years

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Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

Canada to retaliate

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder, Reuters March 4, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 per cent, sparking trade wars that could slam economic growth and lift prices for Americans still smarting from years of high inflation.

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China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs

Additional measures possible

By Reuters February 5, 2025

China has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Chinese goods, the Geneva-based body said on Wednesday.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat

By Jerry Klassen February 4, 2025

For the week ending February 1, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $8 per hundredweight higher compared to seven days earlier. In some cases, larger packages of quality genetics were up as much $15/cwt from the prior week.

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Markets tumble over Trump tariffs, world leaders brace for his next moves

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Lawder, Reuters February 3, 2025

Global financial markets fell on Monday over tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China by U.S. President Donald Trump, while world leaders steeled themselves to respond to his next moves, with the European Union in the firing line.

It may be tempting to think the hunger problems facing other parts of the world are far removed from us, but food insecurity is more common close to home than many Canadians would like to think.

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Trump trade threats a global concern

August 7, 2024

Importers and exporters around the world are uneasily analyzing what a 10 per cent tariff, or other border measures likely in a second Donald Trump U.S. presidential term, could mean for trade. “Europeans are deeply concerned,” said Brussels, Belgium-based U.S. consultant and canola trade expert Angela Dansby. “Trump has made steps toward all the threats

Crops, Markets

U.S. EPA denies nearly all biofuel blending exemption petitions

Refineries didn't prove hardship, agency said

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly July 14, 2023

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday denied almost all outstanding petitions from oil refiners asking to be exempted from mandates that require them to mix biofuels into their fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the authority to issue the exemptions, denied 26 petitions from 15 small refineries

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Faster speeds seen as increasing injuries

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, after a U.S. court struck down a Trump-era rule that removed line speed limits. The proposal put forward by Quality Pork Processors, operator of a

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U.S. court tosses Trump-era rule expanding ethanol sales

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly July 3, 2021

New York | Reuters –– A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a U.S. rule put in place under former president Donald Trump to expand sales of corn-based ethanol, drawing ire from farm and biofuel groups that vowed to work to ensure that such sales continue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District

Tom Vilsack speaks to farmers at a rural agricultural co-operative at Guira de Melena in Cuba on Nov. 13, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini)

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USDA can steer farm aid money to fight climate change, Vilsack says

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume February 3, 2021

Reuters — The White House wants to tap a pool of funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) to support on-farm efforts to fight climate change, Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the USDA, said Tuesday. The Depression-era program of up to $30 billion in annual funding was tapped

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

Trump tariff on Brazilian goods could jack up U.S. burger price

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

Trump tariff on Brazilian goods could jack up U.S. burger price

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

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U.S. livestock: Closing higher after Trump announces tariff pause

Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

China launches WTO dispute over Trump tariffs

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder markets set fresh high amid tariff threat

Markets tumble over Trump tariffs, world leaders brace for his next moves

Trump trade threats a global concern

U.S. EPA denies nearly all biofuel blending exemption petitions

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

U.S. court tosses Trump-era rule expanding ethanol sales

USDA can steer farm aid money to fight climate change, Vilsack says

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