(Bloomberg) China is laying the groundwork to boost purchases of U.S. commodities as Beijing signals that it intends to honor its side of the trade deal with Washington.
Bunge Ltd. appointed the former head of a rival agricultural trading house as chief executive officer in a move that may revive talks of a sale of the 200-year-old firm.
Chinese officials are considering purchasing as much as 7 million tons of U.S. wheat depending on the progress of trade talks, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Bunge Ltd. will announce as soon as Monday the departure of its chief executive officer, removing a hurdle to further talks with would-be buyers, said a person familiar with the matter.
News that one of the top U.S. tractor companies is dropping made-in-China products should be music to the Trump administration’s ears -- except for the fact that it’s replacing them with machines made in Brazil.
Brazil’s production of corn-based ethanol is set to exceed the 1-billion liter mark for the first time ever. That’s still just a small fraction of the South American nation’s 31-billion liter biofuel market,
North Dakota farmers have been planting a lot more soybeans in recent years. They typically ship to the PNW, but the US-China trade feud is affecting demand and basis.
The Trump administration will announce as early as Monday that it’s imposing a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, which Beijing has already said it will retaliate against.
Bayer AG isn’t counting on another trial over its Roundup herbicide until February, but an elderly couple who say exposure to the weed killer gave them cancer has other ideas.
A drought that singed parts of Canada’s prairies will crimp wheat and canola output more than expected by analysts, government data showed, sending crop futures to one-week highs.
The U.S. has so far imposed tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, with Beijing retaliating in kind. Now, President Trump appears ready to up the ante to $200 billion.
California Supreme Court hands Bayer a legal setback as it refuses to hear arguments as to why Roundup doesn’t belong on the state’s list of chemicals known to cause cancer.
The Atlantic hurricane season may have gotten off to an early start this year, but it’ll probably end with a whimper -- at least when it comes to the total number of storms.
Uruguayan farmers are recovering from a severe drought that led to output in the 2017-18 season falling significantly. But for those who made a crop, they may enjoy higher prices due to China-US spat.
ndia raised purchase prices for crops such as cotton, soybeans and paddy rice to ensure farmers get at least 50 percent more than their production costs.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on every single Chinese import into America as the world’s two largest economies exchanged the first blows in a trade war that isn’t set to end anytime soon.
Most Russian wheat is loaded on ships in the deep waters of the Black Sea, but those ports have reached their limit so shippers are using a work-around,
In the global cotton market, India stands to be a winner amid escalating trade tensions between the U.S., one of the world’s top exporter, and China, the biggest buyer.
Lab-grown meat startups that rely on animal cells to produce beef, poultry and seafood products have caught the eye of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has begun the process of regulating the industry.
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China ratcheted higher after the Asian nation said it will follow through on plans to levy tariffs on a range of American farm goods including soybeans and corn.
An executive at Cargill Inc., America’s largest private company, said Tuesday the world risks sliding into isolationism amid current international trade disputes.
An executive at Cargill Inc., America’s largest private company, said Tuesday the world risks sliding into isolationism amid current international trade disputes.
While demand is growing in the U.S. and Asia for camel's milk’, there simply aren’t enough camels available globally to supply the milk that retails for as much as $19 a liter ($72 a gallon) in parts of Asia.
First came soy, then almonds, cashews and coconuts. Now, dairy companies are milking everything from peas and quinoa to flax, oats and hemp amid surging demand for plant-based alternative drinks.
Commodities were a big casualty of the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, but are now set to be a major beneficiary of Beijing’s pledge to import more American goods.
A freshman Republican from one of the nation’s deepest-red districts said the rejection of House farm legislation on Friday is the latest setback for agriculture under GOP leadership.
As China-U.S. trade talks resumed in Washington, China said Friday it is dropping anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imported U.S. sorghum, saying it is not in the public interest.
Paul Ryan says he needs notice of a NAFTA deal by May 17 if the current Congress is going to be able to vote on it, suggesting talks are pushing up against the constraints of American trade law.
The Corteva Agriscience unit is reviewing its portfolio of seeds and pesticides. The company may sell some “tangential” crop seeds to focus on core products.
The annual Wheat Quality Council crop tour is the first opportunity of the year to inspect multiple fields and assess the damage from dry and unusually cold weather, which has included two major freeze events.
Cold weather in central areas and the Volga valley of Russia delayed the resumption of winter wheat growth by about two to three weeks compared with last year.
When China announced an investigation into American shipments in February, sorghum prices dropped on speculation that tariffs would be imposed, erasing the premium the grain had fetched over corn prices in Kansas.
At least two ships loaded with sorghum have changed course while sailing across the Indian Ocean after China imposed a hefty tariff on U.S. supplies this week
China remains America’s largest foreign market for grain sorghum by a wide margin. Now, the trade is the latest victim of the tit-for-tat trade battle between the two countries.
For decades, government satellites have been taking detailed photographs of crops around the world but USDA says the images by themselves still can’t be relied upon to predict annual corn, wheat or soybean harvests.
