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Ag Economy
China Hits U.S. Agriculture, Says It Won’t Be Bullied by Fresh Trump Tariffs
China retaliated swiftly on Tuesday with 10% to 15% retaliatory levies impacting $21 billion worth of U.S. agricultural and food products, moving the world’s top two economies a step closer toward an all-out trade war.
March 04, 2025 10:27 AM
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Crop Production
Robot Bees? Check Out This New Pollination Innovation
MIT scientists have developed robotic insects that could aid farming through artificial pollination.
January 27, 2025 11:09 AM
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Crop Production
Second U.S. Port Strike Averted as Union, Employers Reach Deal
Reuters reports that the union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract.
January 09, 2025 08:55 AM
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Canada's PM Justin Trudeau announces he intends to step down as Liberal Party leader, at Rideau Cottage, in Ottawa
Politics
Trudeau to Resign as Prime Minister After Nine Years, Blames Party Infighting
Trudeau also announced parliament would be prorogued, or suspended, until March 24. That means an election is unlikely before May at the earliest, so Trudeau will remain in charge - at least initially - of dealing with the threat of crippling tariffs once U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
January 06, 2025 02:08 PM
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Crop Production
Cargill to Terminate About 475 Employees in Minnesota
Cargill has told Minnesota it will permanently lay off about 475 employees from facilities in the state starting on Feb. 5, according to Minnesota’s State Rapid Response Team.
December 03, 2024 11:32 AM
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Trucks queue to cross into the United States at Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing
Ag Economy
Trump Vows New Canada, Mexico, China Tariffs That Threaten Global Trade
Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal.
November 26, 2024 10:45 AM
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Mexico defends indigenous strains of corn amid spat with the U.S., in Texcoco
Corn
Mexico’s Sheinbaum to Present Plan to Protect Country’s Non-GMO Corn in Coming Days
Mexico is self-sufficient in white corn, used to make the country’s staple tortilla, but imports genetically-modified yellow corn from the United States which is used largely to feed livestock.
November 15, 2024 02:40 PM
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FILE PHOTO: China pivot from US farm imports bolsters it against trade war risks
Soybeans
Trump Trade Policy Seen As Wild Card for U.S. Soybean Farmers, Opportunity for Crushers
Trump’s plans to roll out blanket import tariffs could slam the door on imported vegetable oil supplies, which renewable energy analysts said could in turn lure the U.S. crush industry to revive lagging plans to build new plants and expand capacity.
November 13, 2024 03:45 PM
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Logo of German drugmaker Bayer AG in Leverkusen
Taxes and Finance
Bayer’s Shares Sink to 20-Year Low on 2025 Earnings Fall Forecast
Bayer’s $63 billion purchase in 2018 of seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto was a long-term bet on robust growth in farming supplies which has so far misfired.
November 13, 2024 03:39 PM
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Robert Lighthizer
Politics
Trump Reportedly Asks Protectionist Lighthizer to be U.S. Trade Chief
Financial Times reports say President-elect Donald Trump has asked Robert Lightizer to return as U.S. trade representative.
November 08, 2024 03:28 PM
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