MOSINEE, Wis., (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump announced a new round of pandemic assistance to farmers of about US$13 billion at a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Sept. 17, delivering aid to an important sector in a crucial battleground state. Wisconsin is known for its milk and cheese industries, which have been hard […] Read more
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BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) — Chemical giant Bayer and the United States government co-operated last year to lobby Thailand to reverse its ban on glyphosate, documents obtained by an environmental group and reviewed by Reuters show. The lobbying, including U.S. trade officials asking Bayer for information on Thailand’s deputy agriculture minister, is detailed in more than […] Read more
U.S. farmers win on biofuel waiver
NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump’s administration rejected scores of requests from U.S. oil refiners for waivers that would have retroactively spared them from their obligation to blend biofuels like ethanol into their fuel, delivering a win for farmers and a blow to the oil industry just ahead of the November […] Read more
Beirut port explosion hammers Lebanon’s grain import capacity
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) — Beirut port’s capacity to handle wheat and other bulk cereal imports has collapsed to about a fifth or less of its level before a massive blast smashed its grain silos and other facilities, a senior United Nations official said. But Abdallah Alwardat, the country director for the World Food Program, told […] Read more
How to stand up to a superpower
Canada is not alone as it feels China’s wrath, but Australia is facing down the Asian giant in a high-stakes strategy
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — Australia is standing up to China. Watch closely: it may be a harbinger of things to come, as the world’s smaller countries respond to the increasingly coercive Asian economic superpower. For years, the Australian political and business establishment had a paramount goal: protect and expand this country’s booming exports to fast-growing […] Read more
China’s looming corn shortage causes unease
Food prices have risen as the country heads for its first real shortfall in years and faces a deficit of up to 30 million tonnes
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Soaring corn prices are stoking food security jitters in China, where food inflation has climbed to the highest in over a decade and President Xi Jinping made a recent high-profile plea for an end to waste. The price surge in corn — critical for China’s mammoth hog, dairy and poultry sectors […] Read more
Bayer appeals Roundup ruling
(Reuters) — Bayer has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding US$20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the company’s Roundup herbicide caused his cancer, arguing the ruling was at odds with federal law and settled legal principles. Bayer, which acquired Roundup with its purchase of Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018, said […] Read more
China doubles down on Australian dumping with wine investigation
SHANGHAI/SYDNEY (Reuters) — China launched an investigation Aug. 31 into alleged government subsidies of some Australian wine imports, a widely expected follow-up to an anti-dumping probe that Australian representatives said they would oppose. The investigations come against a backdrop of increasing tensions between the countries after Canberra called for an international inquiry into the origins […] Read more
Germany says has suspected case of African swine fever
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture said on Wednesday it had a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The suspected case concerned a wild boar carcass found near the German-Polish border. A sample of the carcass was being taken for tests […] Read more
Argentine barley rushes to China as Australia spat reshuffles global trade
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Argentine barley shipments have started streaming toward China after a three-year lull as a trade conflict between Asia’s top buyer and main supplier Australia changes global supply flows of the grain used for livestock feed and beer. Argentina is on track to send at least 250,000 tonnes this year […] Read more
