Meat Index hits fresh record high as bovine herd rebuilding meets Strait of Hormuz cost transmission. April's 1.6% FFPI increase marks the highest reading since February 2023.
Soybean futures sold off sharply as China showed limited absorption capacity. The first US presidential visit to China in eight years produced verbal commitments but no quantified contract terms.
USDA's Secure Our Herds vaccine program has advanced H5N1 cattle vaccine candidates to field trial stage, creating a bifurcation risk for global dairy and poultry trade: countries that vaccinate face WOAH-triggered trade restrictions, while those that do not continue absorbing culling losses and…
India has resumed wheat exports for the first time since its May 2022 ban, injecting a significant new competitive origin into tender markets at precisely the moment Hard Red Winter supplies are tightening and prices are near two-year highs.
Iran re-imposed shipping restrictions after US blockade of Iranian ports continues despite temporary ceasefire, with experts warning of "coming food crisis" from fertilizer starvation during Northern Hemisphere planting season.