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Canadian pigs headed to the U.S. to be fed and slaughtered are getting stuck in Canada, while feed is stranded in the U.S. as new vaccine rules exacerbate a labor shortage for truckers and railroad employees.

While some areas of South America received some recent rains, any crop improvement was likely limited as moisture will be lost to evaporation. . .

Corn futures rose for the fifth straight day and settled at the highest levels in over seven months on strengthening export demand.

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Pilgrim’s Pride Corp said on Friday it would raise starting wages for workers at its Mayfield, Kentucky, production facility by $2 to $16.50 per hour.

China came in with some purchases of soybeans and corn this week, and as rumors of more buys from China continue in the markets, analysts point out some of China’s big ag buys from last year still haven’t shipped.

Rural communities are likely to see an outbreak of the COVID-19 variant omicron later than big cities but Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the pandemic will eventually end.

For the third week of January, the grain markets featured some explosive prices.

Small, rural hospitals are struggling to keep, find or hire staff as the omicron variant begins its push across rural America. Rural healthcare advocates say it’s already creating an unsafe situation.

The United States and the European Union have downgraded their dispute at the WTO over steel and aluminum tariffs applied by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 and subsequent EU retaliation.

2021 was a strong financial year for many farmers. For 2022, input costs are rising rapidly. One ag lender cites $700 per acre in some scenarios. That means farmers will need strong yields this season to break even.