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Trump says US will sell 'so much' beef to Australia - reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

ReutersAg's tweet card. The United States will sell "so much" beef to Australia, Donald Trump said after Canberra relaxed import restrictions, adding that other countries that refused U.S. beef products were on notice.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 24

Tour de France shortens stage 19 after cattle disease outbreak forces route change - reuters.com/business/healt…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Friday's Stage 19 of the Tour de France has been shortened after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis in cattle near the Col des Saisies forced authorities to cull livestock and restrict...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 24

Australia relaxes curbs on US beef imports that angered Trump - reuters.com/world/americas…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Australia will ease restrictions on beef imports from the United States, the country's agriculture ministry said on Thursday, potentially smoothing trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, who...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 24

Trump tariffs wreaking havoc in Brazil's citrus belt - reuters.com/world/americas…

ReutersAg's tweet card. U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose a new 50% tariff on all Brazilian products from Aug. 1 could devastate the South American nation's citrus belt, as factories scale back production and...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 24

USDA will relocate most Washington-area staff, farm secretary says - reuters.com/world/us/usda-…

ReutersAg's tweet card. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a video to staff on Thursday that the agency would relocate much of its Washington, D.C., workforce to five regional hubs and vacate several buildi...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 23

US EPA moves to approve dicamba weedkiller use on cotton, soybeans - reuters.com/sustainability…

ReutersAg's tweet card. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed approvals for three products containing the weedkiller dicamba, whose use was halted by a federal court in 2024, arguing it does not...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 23

Rain raises Rhine river levels in Germany, but ships still only part loaded - reuters.com/business/envir…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Rain has raised water levels on the river Rhine in Germany, but most of the river is still too shallow for cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, commodity traders said on Wednesday.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 23

Japan vows more US rice imports within tariff-free quota - reuters.com/business/japan…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Japan will import more rice from the United States but within the existing tariff-free quota, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday, stressing Tokyo's success in protecting the agricultural...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 22

Trump announces trade deal with Japan, including 15% tariff - reuters.com/business/trump…

ReutersAg's tweet card. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a trade deal with Japan that he said will result in Japan investing $550 billion into the United States and paying a 15% reciprocal tariff.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 22

In South Korea's 'apple county', farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal - reuters.com/business/autos…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Apple farmers account for about a third of the roughly 14,000 households in Cheongsong.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 22

Slovenia reports outbreak of bluetongue disease on sheep farm - reuters.com/business/healt…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Slovenia has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease on a sheep farm in the southwest, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing Slovenian authorities.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 21

Bangladesh signs US wheat-import deal in bid to curb tariff pressure - reuters.com/markets/asia/b…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Bangladesh signed a deal on Sunday to import 700,000 tonnes of wheat annually from the United States over the next five years, in a move aimed at securing tariff relief from the Trump administration...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 21

US sanctions could cause chaos on Latam farms run on Russian fertilizers - reuters.com/world/americas…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Latin American farmers are in for a rough ride if the U.S. slaps secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian exports, such as the fertilizers essential for cash crops from Mexican avocados to Brazilian...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 18

Spain reports bird flu outbreak on turkey farm - reuters.com/business/healt…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Spain has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a fattening turkey farm in the southwestern region of Extremadura, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said, citing...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 18

US farm agency fires 70 foreign researchers following national security review - reuters.com/legal/litigati…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Most of those dismissed were Chinese post-doctoral researchers on two-year contracts.

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 18

Vietnam warns of food supply disruptions as African swine fever spreads - reuters.com/business/healt…

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 18

Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce US reliance, minister says - reuters.com/en/canada-eyes…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Canada's International Trade Minister said on Thursday that there was interest from both sides to advance trade talks with South American bloc Mercosur, as Ottawa seeks new deals in a push to...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 18

Canadian wheat, canola crops a 'mixed bag,' with rain critical - reuters.com/markets/commod…

ReutersAg's tweet card. Canadian farmers are likely to produce average-size wheat and canola crops this autumn, but years of drought have made rain critical for the plants to fulfill their potential, farmers and analysts...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 17

US-based ADM shuts down Brazil pet food plant - reuters.com/world/americas…

ReutersAg's tweet card. U.S.-based grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland is closing a pet food plant in Brazil, according to a statement sent this week to Reuters in response to questions, as part of broader efforts to...

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Reuters Ag News@ReutersAg · Jul 17

Coke's shift to cane sugar would be expensive, hurt US farmers - reuters.com/world/us/cokes…

ReutersAg's tweet card. A possible move by Coca-Cola and other beverage and food industries, to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener would be difficult and expensive to implement, while mostly negative for...

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