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Canadian Competition Bureau Has Major Concerns About Proposed Bunge/Viterra Merger
Canadian Competition Bureau Has Major Concerns About Proposed Bunge/Viterra Merger

Canada’s Competition Bureau said it had identified major competition concerns around the proposed merger between U.S. grains merchant Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra.

Wheat Higher for Fifth Day, While Corn and Soybeans Take a Break from the Rally: Livestock Fall
Wheat Higher for Fifth Day, While Corn and Soybeans Take a Break from the Rally: Livestock Fall

Grains end mixed with wheat higher for the fifth consecutive day. However, corn and soybeans don't follow. Darin Newsom, Barchart, discusses if the fund short covering rally is about done?

Properly Prepared Beef Remains Safe; Meat Institute Calls For Guidance to Protect Workers at Beef Facilities
Properly Prepared Beef Remains Safe; Meat Institute Calls For Guidance to Protect Workers at Beef Facilities

The Meat Institute said properly prepared beef remains safe to eat and called for USDA and the CDC to provide worker safety guidance specific to beef processors to ensure workers are protected from infection.

RhizeBio’s Doug Toal Talks Soil Microbiology, Ag Entrepreneurship With Top Producer
RhizeBio’s Doug Toal Talks Soil Microbiology, Ag Entrepreneurship With Top Producer

RhizeBio cofounder Doug Tole joins host Paul Neiffer for Episode 143 of the Top Producer Podcast.

'We Have To Go Through It'
'We Have To Go Through It'

The livestock industry needs a comprehensive, cohesive plan to address H5N1. Producers, their employees and veterinarians need clear answers and support from U.S. agricultural leadership, moving forward.

USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread
USDA Now Requiring Mandatory Testing and Reporting of HPAI in Dairy Cattle as New Data Suggests Virus Outbreak is More Widespread

USDA is now ordering all dairy cattle must be tested prior to interstate travel as a way to help stop the spread of HPAI H5N1. This comes a day after FDA confirmed virus genetic material was found in retail milk samples.