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    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Anjana Ahuja
      Why lab-grown meat may never be on the menu

      High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off

    • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      America’s black farmers face federal aid delays

      A government effort to right historical wrongs has become mired in the courts

    • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
      US presidential election 2020
      US farmers in line for record $37bn in handouts this year

      Surge in payments sparks claims Trump is trying to buy agricultural vote ahead of election

    • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Democrats say Trump food aid programme is ‘inequitable’

      Northeastern states that did not vote for the president have received far less in emergency support

    • Friday, 1 May, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      US meat inspectors given new role looking after people

      Agency overseeing slaughterhouse reopenings has previously said worker safety is not its job

    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      US politics & policy
      US agriculture secretary breaks ranks to endorse carbon pricing

      Sonny Perdue is first Trump cabinet member to back policy

    • Friday, 23 August, 2019
      Agricultural commodities
      Against the grain: bearish US forecast sows seeds of doubt in corn market

      Strong projection unsettles traders who had been braced for impact of heavy rains

    • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
      Agricultural trade
      US increases federal aid for farmers hit by China trade war

      Trump administration details $16bn in latest bailout payments to critical constituency

    • Friday, 28 June, 2019
      US-China trade dispute
      China buys US soybeans ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

      The deal for 544,000 tonnes this week was the largest since March

    • Friday, 7 June, 2019
      Food security
      Heavy rainfall damps prospects for Midwestern farms

      Warmer climate brings waterlogged fields in risky trend for US production

    • Sunday, 19 May, 2019
      News in-depthUS-China trade dispute
      Small group of America’s big farms gets bulk of Trump bailout funds

      Large operators take lion’s share of money aimed at softening blow of trade wars on farmers

    • Friday, 29 March, 2019
      Commodities
      Corn drops on higher than expected planting intentions
    • Friday, 11 January, 2019
      US government shutdown
      US government shutdown leaves traders without key agriculture data

      Farmers and traders ‘missing some of the most important information of the year’

    • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
      Global trade
      Brazil’s big soyabean win turns painful

      China demand sends price up more than 30% but leaves domestic supplies perilously low

    • Tuesday, 9 October, 2018
      Biofuels
      Trump administration to loosen rules on sales of fuel ethanol

      Move on blends could boost demand for corn amid oversupply in grain markets

    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Florence and the porcine: lean hog prices take a breather from hurricane gains
    • Friday, 10 August, 2018
      Commodities
      US forecasts record soyabean crop
    • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
      US trade
      US-China dispute sends Brazilian soyabean premiums to 4-year high

      Retaliatory tariff by Beijing leads Chinese buyers to cancel US orders

    • Friday, 29 June, 2018
      US trade
      US farmers plant more soya than corn for first time since 1983
    • Friday, 8 June, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      ICE abandons attempt to unseat CME in grain futures

      Corn, wheat and soyabean contracts launched in 2012 failed to attract liquidity

    • Tuesday, 24 April, 2018
      US trade
      Soyabeans avoid longest losing streak this year
    • Wednesday, 11 April, 2018
      Commodities
      Drought hit Argentina turns to US for soyabeans
    • Thursday, 29 March, 2018
      Corn
      US farmers to plant less corn, soyabeans in 2018

      Price rally on lower acreage numbers

    • Friday, 9 February, 2018
      Commodities
      Indonesia set to overtake Egypt as world’s largest wheat importer

      Purchases of grain rise as Jakarta looks to protect domestic corn industry

    • Friday, 12 January, 2018
      Commodities
      Corn and wheat futures drop after USDA report confirms supply glut
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