Latest News

By Richard Valdmanis Nov. 7 (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it approved 14 requests from small refineries for full or partial exemptions to the nation’s biofuel blending mandates, drawing criticism from a top U.S. biofuel trade group. The decisions effectively clear the remainder of the agency’s huge backlog of such…

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 6 (Reuters) – Argentine farmers began planting their fields with soy for the 2025/26 season in recent days, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said on Thursday, noting most fields benefited from “optimal” surface moisture conditions. Argentina is the world’s largest exporter of soybean oil and meal,…

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is collecting survey-based data for its upcoming crop production report scheduled for release on November 14, an official with the agency’s statistical arm said on Wednesday, despite the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. The report will include the government’s first…

By Naveen Thukral and Ella Cao SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Reuters) – China has booked two cargoes of U.S. wheat following last week’s meeting between the countries’ leaders, traders said on Thursday, the first such purchases since October last year, signalling easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Investors welcomed the meeting between…

Reports say that China has begun purchases of U.S. farm products in the wake of last week’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Under the deal the leaders made, China pledged to purchase at least 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans before the end…