France’s 5G spectrum to be sold at floor price of 2.17 billion euros: minister
French Junior Economy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher poses after an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier…
China vice premier urges hog production recovery amid swine fever
FILE PHOTO: A man disinfects a pig farm in Guangan, Sichuan province, China August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) –…
Cargill shuts animal-feed mills in China as fatal hog disease spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cargill Inc shuttered animal-feed mills in China in recent months partly because the rapid spread of a…
Cargill quarterly profit dives 41% on trade tensions, U.S. floods
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc reported a 41% drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing supply…
Swine fever toll in China may be twice as high as reported, industry insiders say
BEIJING (Reuters) – As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been…
USDA reports large U.S. soybean sale to China ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday reported a large soybean sale to China, an apparent…
Brazil’s Centauro lifts Netshoes buyout offer by 11%
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Grupo SBF SA, operator of Brazil’s Centauro stores, again boosted its offer for online sports retailer…
Brazil asks for WTO investigation of Indonesia on poultry trade
FILE PHOTO: Chicken are pictured at a poultry factory in Lapa city, Parana state, Brazil, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer/File…
Brazil halts beef exports to China after atypical mad cow case
FILE PHOTO: Workers carry salted meat which will be spreaded, dried and then packed at a plant of JBS S.A,…
Exclusive: Tereos still searching for wider funding – sources
(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to make clear that syndication process is ongoing, to make clear in paragraph 5 that…
France suggests glyphosate exit could be even slower than planned
PARIS (Reuters) – Only half of France’s farmland could do without glyphosate-based weed-killers by 2021, the country’s farm minister suggested,…
Bird flu detected at poultry farm in southern Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has reported an outbreak of bird flu virus on a farm in the southern district of…
China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains
SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after…
Big Ag turns to peas to meet soaring global protein demand
(Reuters) – Cargill, the global grains trader, sees the future of protein in the humble pea. FILE PHOTO: A box…
China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head…
Insight: China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head…
Insect farms gear up to feed soaring global protein demand
LANGLEY, British Columbia (Reuters) – Layers of squirming black soldier fly larvae fill large aluminum bins stacked 10-high in a…
Bulgaria reports H5N8 bird flu outbreak in duck farm
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s authorities reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a duck farm…