- U.S. President Donald Trump enjoys broad support among farmers, but some are unhappy about the impact of his trade and biofuel policies on crop prices and international demand for U.S. agricultural products. Here are some key campaign issues: TRADE. Trump challenged trade deals between the U.S. and many of its top commercial partners.
U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday as prices lingered near a five-year high touched in the previous session, while the grain was poised to record weekly gains of 4% on concerns that adverse weather in key growing regions would hit global production. FUNDAMENTALS.
Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp (BIOX): * BIOCERES CROP SOLUTIONS (BIOX) - ARGENTINA'S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HAS GRANTED APPROVAL OF CO'S HB4 WHEAT 'EVENT' FOR GROWTH AND CONSUMPTION. * BIOCERES CROP SOLUTIONS (BIOX) - COMMERCIALIZATION OF HB4 WHEAT IN ARGENTINA IS CONTINGENT UPON IMPORT APPROVAL IN BRAZIL.
World food prices rose for a fourth month running in September, led by strong increases for cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 97.9 points last month versus a downwardly revised 95.9 in August.
Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people trafficking, the police commissioner said. Child labour increased in the world's top cocoa producer during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a report in June by the Swiss-based International Cocoa Initiative.
The U.S. government has indicted six more chicken-industry executives over alleged price-fixing, broadening antitrust prosecutions in its probe of the $65 billion poultry sector. In June, the Justice Department indicted Pilgrim's Pride Chief Executive Jayson Penn and three others in its first charges in the criminal probe involving broiler birds, which account for most U.S. chicken.
Hedge fund Sachem Head Capital Management said on Wednesday that it owns a $1.2 billion stake in Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN) and plans to push for changes at the company that makes medicines and vaccinations for pets and livestock.
Oil major Chevron Corp's U.S. unit and waste management firm Brightmark LLC said on Wednesday they have formed a joint venture to market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas made of methane emissions from cattle burps. Ruminant livestock such as cattle and sheep produce methane as a byproduct while digesting fibrous plant material.
Chicago wheat futures on Wednesday retreated from a more than five-year high hit in the previous session, although losses were limited by concerns that dry weather could curb U.S. crop yields. FUNDAMENTALS. * The most active wheat futures on the Chicago Board Of Trade were trading at $8.81-3/4 a bushel, having closed up 1.5% on Tuesday when prices hit a June 2015 high of $6.01-3/4 a bushel.
In January 2017, Chilean Customs inspectors acted on a tip from a whistleblower: The countrys prized crop of raspberries was under threat. Inspectors raided the offices of Frutti di Bosco, a little-known fruit trading company on the second floor of a tower block in downtown Santiago.
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