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Despite the impact of Covid-19 and African swine fever, China's appetite for meat is showing no sign of slowing down. In the pork industry, not only is China the world's leading consumer, it is also the largest producer by some margin. The past few years have seen significant prog...

"China has purchased approximately 71% of its farm purchases target for 2020," according to an interim report on agricultural trade from U.S. trade representative."They have purchased $23.6B in agricultural products so far this year, substantially more than the base year of 2017, and should e...

The EU is set to vote Tuesday on the labeling of products like "veggie burger" and "veggie sausage," as well as "yogurt-style" and "cheese-like" for plant-based alternatives to dairy products.Farming and meat lobbyists say the terms mislead people and amount to a "cultural hijacking" of the m...

Soybeans are trending higher. Bullish price action in corn and ethanol. Wheat is moving close to technical resistance. Cotton is steady at over 65 cents per pound level. Meats are steady as production suffers from COVID-19. For further details see: Agricultural C...

Four of the five soft products moved higher in Q3 as the sector pushes 7.4% higher. Cocoa leads the way on the upside. Sugar and coffee post double-digit percentage gains. Cotton moved almost 8% higher in Q3. FCOJ plunges in Q3. For further details see: Soft Comm...

"Starting next week my administration is committing an additional... $13B in relief to help farmers recover from the China virus," President Trump announced a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ET...

On Friday, September 11, the US Department of Agriculture released the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The monthly WASDE is the gold standard when it comes to fundamental data for grains and other products. The September WASDE report comes at a time when the ma...

On Friday, September 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The USDA’s monthly missive is the gold standard for producers and consumers as they often make hedging and business decisions on the f...

The peak season for demand in the animal protein markets runs from late May and the Memorial Day weekend through early September each year. Meat prices tend to appreciate during the late spring in anticipation of the time of the year when barbecues come out of storage, and the demand for beef ...

Pork prices are rising in China just as new COVID-19 measures threaten to disrupt the flow of imports from some key suppliers. Wholesale prices have risen for six consecutive weeks and now stand at their highest levels since early April. Figures from the Commerce Ministry show wholesale pr...