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Company News

5 February 2025

2 minute read

CME hog futures rally as fears subside over trade disruptions

Market Trends Markets and economics

5 February 2025

2 minute read

Live, feeder cattle futures reach record highs

ADM announces plan to cut up to 700 jobs globally

Company News

5 February 2025

1 minute read

The action is meant to deliver cost savings

What is behind Trump's aid threat to South Africa over land?

Markets Trade Policy and regulation

4 February 2025

4 minute read

Trump calls out government for land confiscation act

Transatlantic trade war would hurt both sides, EU leaders warn

Markets Trade

4 February 2025

3 minute read

EU prepared with responses, aims to avoid escalating tensions

July 2021

Analysis shows China changing its grain buying tactics as the US market becomes volatile

Herd management Feed and nutrition Market Trends

5 July 2021

7 minute read

Strong demand for grains from China set to continue, but it will shift to opportunistic buying when prices soften.

The cost of a cookout for the 4th of July is close to a year ago

Research and innovation Policy and regulation Human health and nutrition

4 July 2021

9 minute read

New analysis from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) finds that US consumers will pay just a few cents less for their favorite Independence Day cookout foods compared to last year, including cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream.

US reassesses "Product of USA" label in new transparency effort

Policy and regulation Government and regulatory Labelling

2 July 2021

7 minute read

The USDA has announced a "top-to-bottom" review of the voluntary "Product of USA" label to strengthen the standard, improve transparency and consumer safety.

Opting for insect-based feed could replace over 500,000 tonnes of soy from the UK's footprint

Research and innovation Market Trends Insect-based feed

2 July 2021

9 minute read

A newly-published report from the WWF finds that if the UK livestock sector adopts insects as animal feed, they could replace over half a million tonnes of soy by 2050.

US farm groups applaud Senate passage of Growing Climate Solutions Act

Policy and regulation Government and regulatory Market Trends

2 July 2021

7 minute read

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and National Farmers Union (NFU) welcome the Senate passage of the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act and await the House version of the bill.

Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says

Pig Welfare Housing type Feed and nutrition

1 July 2021

9 minute read

The European Commission said on 30 June it would propose legislation to phase out caged farming of animals, after a citizens' petition calling for the ban gathered more than one million signatures.

Australia's farmgate production set for a record-breaking $66.3 billion in 2021

Research and innovation Market Trends Markets and economics

1 July 2021

7 minute read

Australia's farming sector has weathered upsets from COVID-19 and the changing international trade landscape and is on track for a record-breaking production output of $66.3 billion this year, according to recent ABARES analysis.

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