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#China’s state-owned grain trading companies stepped up purchases of US #soybeans for a second consecutive week, pushing cumulative commitments for the 2026-27 marketing year to roughly 15 million tonnes, trade sources told Reuters.
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Government #Payments to #Farmers Hit Record $55.4 Billion — Payments to cover in-field fuel costs expected by year’s end as farm aid tops the 2020 pandemic-era record of $45 billion.
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Lula Wins #Brazil Election: What It Means for Trump, U.S. Farmers and Global Agricultural Trade
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‘Unacceptable’: corn growers blast #USDA after major crop data error comes to light that they say severely damaged grain markets at the worst possible time for Midwest producers.
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#Soybean futures fell to a two-month low in Chicago after Lula’s election win in Brazil raised expectations of closer ties with China, potentially eroding the US share of the world’s biggest soybean import market.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has until June 6, 2030, to determine if the monarch butterfly should be listed as a threatened species as part of a settlement reached with conservation groups in a federal lawsuit.
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U.S. #tractor and #combine sales continued to fall in September as pressure on farm income leads producers to delay major equipment purchases.
Story from @OfficialRFDTV
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Top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says US-#Canada #trade talks are ‘very close’ to deal.
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Nearly 1 Million #Chickens Slaughtered at Second-Largest #Egg-Producing Farm in the U.S. amid #BirdFlu Outbreak.
Story from @NicholasARice
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Nebraska #farmers react to Trump administration’s $1.3B #fertilizer plan — “We just got thrown some more election candy,” Nebraska Farmers Union President John Hansen said.
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Trump to lower #Canada #tariffs for certain agricultural goods — The overall amount of the tariffs on Canadian goods will remain unchanged, they will just be transferred to different imports.
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The USDA on Friday corrected #corn #data it issued in September, citing a “processing error” that fed growing doubts among farmers and analysts about the reliability of government crop forecasts that often move markets.
Story from @ReutersAg
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#Cattle and #calves on feed for the slaughter market in the U.S. totaled 11.4 million head on Oct. 1, 2026, slightly below last year. Placements in feedlots during September totaled 1.78 million head, down 12%.
Story from @dtnpf
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The USDA has scheduled the reopening of a fourth #port of entry to #cattle from #Mexico. The port at Nogales, Arizona, is slated for a resumption of operations on Nov. 30 "if conditions continue to support safe trade."
Story from @Meatingplace
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More than 40 farmers and ag industry groups are warning Washington leaders that the Trump administration’s crackdown on #immigration is affecting the nation’s #food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices.
Story from @LaurenKGurley
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says her agency’s plan to take key parts of #USDA to rural America is “full bore ahead.” “We believe in it more today than we ever have,” Rollins told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
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From trading contracts that never expire to markets operating around the clock, the #Commodity Futures #Trading Commission (CFTC) is exploring financial innovations that could reshape #agricultural trading.
Story from @ChrisClaytonDTN
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In Iowa, Trump seeks to temper economic woes of farm country — The president holds rallies in states Republicans could once reliably count on for support.
Story from @rbeggin
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The Trump administration's $8 billion in #diesel #aid for farmers will be disbursed after the November 3 election, an administration official said on Friday.
Story from @leahjdouglas
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#Chinese buyers accounted for more than three-quarters of weekly U.S. #soybean sales between Oct. 9 and Oct. 15, booking 2.18 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans for the 2026-27 marketing year.
Story from @FeedAndGrainMag
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