@tpolansek

@Reuters journalist in Chicago. Agriculture and food. I L L - I N I. Email me: [email protected]

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US immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing reut.rs/4rz67wE reut.rs/4rz67wE

US immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing

The prospect of arrest kept much of the largely immigrant labor force ‌away from work, forcing beef processing plants to slow down and backing up cattle, community organizers and local officials said.

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US eases screwworm ban on Mexican cattle, but #beef prices unlikely to budge * 750 to 1,600 cattle/day expected to enter US from Mexico at reopened New Mexico port * Crossings previously reached 3,000 cattle/day * Screwworm infested horse in NM, vet says reuters.com/business/healthc…

US eases screwworm ban on Mexican cattle, but beef prices unlikely to budge

The United States plans to reopen the biggest port for livestock inspections along the US-Mexican border on Thursday, expanding America's cattle supplies but not slashing ​record-high beef prices,...

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Tyson Foods cuts annual forecast again as cattle pressure worsens reuters.com/business/retail-…

Tyson Foods cuts profit outlook again as pressure from cattle shortage worsens

Tyson Foods cut its ​annual profit forecast for a second time within a month on Thursday as tight U.S. cattle supplies, volatile prices and ‌cautious consumer spending put further strain on its...

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Tyson disputes claim by USDA's Rollins, says shuttered beef plants can go to any buyer reut.rs/4xxyQnz reut.rs/4xxyQnz

Tyson disputes claim by USDA's Rollins, says shuttered beef plants can go to any buyer

U.S. meatpacker Tyson Foods has disputed a claim by U.S. Department of Agriculture ‌Secretary Brooke Rollins that it would sell its recently shuttered beef plants only to American-owned companies or...

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#Beef headlines today: Mexico's largest meat exporter SuKarne explores sale, sources say reuters.com/legal/transactio… Tyson Foods cuts profit forecast as tight US cattle supplies hurt beef business reuters.com/business/retail-…

EXCLUSIVE: Mexico's largest meat exporter SuKarne explores sale, sources say

The owner of SuKarne, Mexico's largest meat ‌exporter, is exploring a sale that could value the company at over $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

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US tests GMO flies in rush to fight flesh-eating livestock pest #screwworm reuters.com/business/healthc…

US tests GMO flies in rush to fight flesh-eating livestock pest

At a U.S.-funded facility in Panama, scientists are preparing to launch the first outdoor tests of genetically modified screwworm flies, a milestone in efforts to develop a more effective weapon...

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In US West, drought pits farms against towns, industry in scramble for water reuters.com/world/americas/u…

In US West, drought pits farms against towns, industry in scramble for water

In Arizona, dead fish lie in the dry bed of a reservoir. To the north, a small Utah town could run out of water in months. And in Colorado, a rancher has sold a fifth of her herd as stock ponds stand...

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FDA examines produce items in US cyclosporiasis outbreak as cases rise reut.rs/4aW7uhX reut.rs/4aW7uhX
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USDA reports unusually large US beef export sales, raising doubts over data reuters.com/business/usda-re…

USDA reports unusually large US beef export sales, raising doubts over data

With U.S. beef prices soaring and supplies tight, the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised meat producers and traders on Thursday by reporting a spike in the nation's ​export sales, fueling...

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US beef prices stay red-hot for summer cookouts reuters.com/business/us-beef…

US beef prices stay red-hot for summer cookouts

U.S. grill masters and home chefs face ​sizzling beef prices for summer cookouts as drought and wildfires have discouraged ranchers from expanding cattle supplies that are at ‌their lowest levels in...

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Screwworm border closure fuels beef boom in Mexico, gloom in Texas reuters.com/world/americas/s…

Screwworm border closure fuels beef boom in Mexico, gloom in Texas

Closing the border to Mexican cattle threatens the survival of a 70-year-old Texas feedlot, and pushes profits back to Mexico.

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.@CMEGroup longtime leader Terry Duffy will step down as CEO next year Duffy rose through the ranks after starting as a runner in the lean hog pit in 1980
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Bayer sued for allegedly monopolizing US market for GMO corn seeds reuters.com/business/healthc…

Bayer sued for allegedly monopolizing US market for GMO corn seeds

Bayer used illegal and anti-competitive practices to monopolize the U.S. market for ​genetically engineered corn seeds, reaping "hundreds of millions, if not billions, of ill-gotten dollars,"...

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Cargill locks out 1,700 workers at US beef plant in labor dispute reuters.com/business/world-a…

Cargill locks out 1,700 workers at US beef plant in labor dispute

Cargill stopped paying about 1,700 employees at a beef plant in Fort ​Morgan, Colorado, on Wednesday in an escalating labor dispute, after suspending cattle slaughtering at the facility a month ‌ago,...

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'Am I out?' Drought and rising costs from Iran war deepen pain for US farmers reuters.com/business/environ…

'Am I out?' Drought and rising costs from Iran war deepen pain for US farmers

Scott Irlbeck crouched in a field of stunted wheat plants in a parched stretch of West Texas and slipped his hand into a crack wide enough to swallow it.

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Jeff Bezos: “It doesn’t make any sense for the government to subsidize certain agricultural crops.”
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China buys US #soybeans before Trump-Xi meet, sources say COFCO's deal for Dec-Jan shipment of about 180,000 metric tons was China's first such buy in months, but traders do not expect a big resumption in demand for US soy after South American purchases. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

EXCLUSIVE: China buys US soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say

China's state-owned COFCO bought three U.S. soybean cargoes, two trade sources said, the country's first purchases from this year's U.S. harvest, shortly before a summit of leaders Donald Trump and...

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Trump's change of heart on Lula may be thanks to Brazilian beef tycoon JBS co-owner Joesley Batista told Trump that the tariffs he imposed on Brazilian products were making #beef too expensive for Americans, a source says reuters.com/world/americas/t…

Trump's change of heart on Lula may be thanks to Brazilian beef tycoon

A co-owner of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS met privately with U.S. President Donald Trump about three weeks before Trump extended a surprise olive branch to Brazil's president in his United...

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USDA plan to rebuild #cattle herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary
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Ranchers in central Mexico are discovering screwworm fly maggots burrowed in their cattle for the first time in a generation, sounding the alarm for Texas cattle ranchers who worry the parasitic flies will eat their livestock alive reut.rs/3Hndx3v

Texas ranchers brace for outbreak of flesh-eating screwworms - News

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