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Cattle settled 17 to 85 cents lower on Friday, ahead of the USDA cattle reports. The feeders finished the day higher. August posted a net loss of 15 cents for the week. Cash trade was reported at $188 in the north last week, up $2-3, with the South reported $180-$181....

Candy companies grapple with tight sugar supplies and soaring prices

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Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Friday closed +0.34 (+1.38%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed +12.70 (+1.84%). Sugar prices Friday rallied to 1-month highs and closed moderately higher. Strength in the Brazilian real is bullish for sugar prices after the real on Friday climbed...

The department announced Wednesday that it will work with bipartisan attorney generals in 31 states and D.C.

'Farm Bill programs should be revised to incentivize fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods and to make them more accessible and affordable.'

Live cattle retreated lower on Thursday with contracts closing 35 cents to $1.05 in the red. August fats were still at a net 15 cent for the week’s net move into Friday. USDA reported solid cash trade volume mostly $3 to $4 higher for Thursday, from $188 in the WCB...

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Thursday closed +0.46 (+1.90%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed +13.10 (+1.94%). Sugar prices Thursday closed moderately higher, with NY sugar posting a 3-1/2 week high. Sugar prices have support from excessive dryness in Thailand, the world's third-largest sugar...

WASHINGTON -- A glass sat in front of Sen. Roger Marshall in a Senate hearing on food policy this February. On the outside, an etching of the Kansas State University mascot. On the inside, whole milk.

From Judge Clifton Corker's opinion today in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (E.D. Tenn.) [UPDATE: link fixed]: This case concerns whether, under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, Defendants the United States' Department of Agriculture ("USDA") and the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may use a "rebuttable…

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed +0.35 (+1.47%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed +9.70 (+1.46%). Sugar prices Wednesday posted moderate gains. Sugar prices have support from excessive dryness in Thailand, the world's third-largest sugar producer, which may curb the country's sugar production....