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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers want something from President-elect Donald Trump that his trade policies mean he is unlikely to deliver: increased access to the market of top soy-importer China. Trump’s Republican party enjoys wide support across the U.S. farm belt, where he won most states in…
By Julie Ingwersen and Heather Schlitz CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers are harvesting two of the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and their grain storage capacity. The massive influx of crops is testing growers who are already grappling…
The US port strike on the East and Gulf Coasts could threaten farm exports amid harvest season.The National Grain and Feed Association warned of supply chain disruptions and lower farmgate prices.President Joe Biden urged fair negotiations, highlighting the economic risks and worker wage concerns. The US port strike at East…
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers are increasing pressure on the Biden administration to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years. This autumn, flocks in the $67 billion U.S. poultry industry…
By Heather Schlitz Sharon, North Dakota (Reuters) – Don Nygaard, a third-generation farmer in a remote corner of North Dakota, used to grow malt barley for Rahr Malting Corporation to make into lagers, pale ales and IPAs. But this year, he received no lucrative contracts from Minnesota-based Rahr or any…
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Fatos Bytyci BACKI PETROVAC, Serbia/RAHOVEC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Rastislav Pucovski held a fistful of soy beans shriveled to the size of peppercorns on his farmland in northern Serbia where the soil, dried to dust by drought, swirled in the wind. A brief rain shower, the first…
By Santiago Limachi and Lucinda Elliott CONCEPCION, Bolivia (Reuters) – In Bolivia’s lowland region of Santa Cruz, farmer Mario Guasasi packed up his belongings this week, putting mattresses, food, and bed frames into a truck in a bid to escape rapidly approaching fires that are among the worst the country…
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine farmers are likely to plant more soybeans in the current 2024/25 season, trimming the area dedicated to corn after that crop’s last harvest was hit by a devastating insect plague and with rain forecasts looking rosier for soy. The trend could see…
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers’ reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive result, according to Reuters interviews with dairy experts, veterinarians, and farmers…
By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera TUREN, Venezuela/CARACAS (Reuters) – More than 300 hectares (740 acres) of verdant corn and rice planted by Roberto Latini in the western Venezuelan state of Portuguesa undulate under a bright sun and blue sky. The growing crops – set to be harvested in September…
