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| Japan had a broiler chicken population amounting to 138 million head last year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture | Neutral | TOKYO A bird flu outbreak in Japan worsened on Thursday with farms in two more prefectures slaughtering chicken in a record cull of poultry as the government ordered the disinfection of all chicken farms | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-birdflu-japan/japans-bird-flu-outbreak-worsens-with-record-cullings-idUSKBN28K06C | 2020-12-11 |
| Japan had a broiler chicken population of 138 million head last year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture | Neutral | TOKYO Japans worstever bird flu outbreak has spread to a new area and now affects almost of the countrys 47 prefectures with officials ordering mass cullings after poultry deaths on two farms | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/health-birdflu/bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-to-20-of-japans-prefectures-idUSKBN28L080 | 2020-12-11 |
| China has booked about 386000 tonnes of American white wheat in the marketing year that started in June the most since 2017 according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data | Positive | Chinas wheat buyers are scrambling to source lowgluten wheat for the countrys booming fancy bakery market traders said as exporters in key supplier Australia shy away from striking sales deals amid escalating trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-wheat/amid-tensions-with-china-australian-wheat-exporters-pull-back-from-key-market-idUSKBN28E0WH | 2020-12-05 |
| The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | China As millions of mink are culled in Europe amid fears they could spread the novel coronavirus struggling Chinese suppliers are defying calls for their business to be banned and taking advantage of a surge in global prices for the prized fur | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-mink/chinas-fur-farms-see-opportunity-as-countries-cull-mink-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN28D0PV | 2020-12-04 |
| I want the Prime Minister to do the opposition leader Jakob EllemannJensen of The Liberal Party said referring to the resignation of Agriculture Minister Mogens Jensen earlier on Wednesday | Negative | COPENHAGEN Denmarks Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday faced opposition calls to resign after her agriculture minister stepped down over an illegal order by the government to cull the countrys farmed mink | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-mink/danish-agriculture-minister-steps-down-over-illegal-mink-order-idUSKBN27Y1HV | 2020-11-19 |
| Chinas most recent COVID19 restrictions on imported food products are not based on science and threaten to disrupt the U.S. Department of Agriculture said | Negative | Major foodproducing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with Chinas scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinas-irritated-trade-partners-push-back-on-coronavirus-food-tests-idUSKBN27X14P | 2020-11-18 |
| We believe that quarantining affected mink farms in addition to implementing stringent biosecurity measures will succeed in controlling SARSCoV2 at these the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Reuters on Tuesday | Positive | CHICAGO More than 15000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases state agriculture officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-minks/coronavirus-kills-15000-u-s-mink-as-denmark-prepares-for-nationwide-cull-idUSKBN27Q35V | 2020-11-11 |
| U.S. farmers are likely to expand plantings of soybeans and wheat while slightly reducing seedings of corn for the upcoming marketing year the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday | Positive | Soybeans up for sessions on strong demand dry weather | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-near-4-year-high-on-chinese-demand-s-american-dryness-idUSL1N2HV03R | 2020-11-09 |
| CHICAGO Mexican grains buyers booked deals to buy their largest volume of corn from the United States since last December the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday a development that could point to growing import demand from its southern neighbor | Positive | CHICAGO Mexican grains buyers booked deals to buy their largest volume of corn from the United States since last December the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday a development that could point to growing import demand from its southern neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trade-mexico-corn/mexico-inks-record-u-s-corn-purchase-after-mexican-farmers-warn-of-crop-shortfall-idUSKBN27E3AY | 2020-10-30 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of Chinas corn imports a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sales to China have already outpaced the USDAs estimate | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday defended its latest monthly forecast of Chinas corn imports a figure that surprised analysts given that corn sales to China have already outpaced the USDAs estimate | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/usda-defends-estimate-of-china-corn-imports-despite-hot-sales-pace-idUSKBN27E02S | 2020-10-29 |
| Some market participants have been at odds with several numbers recently published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and had 2020 been a normal year it could have been prime for a fairly heated discussion at Wednesdays data users meeting | Positive | FORT COLLINS Colo | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usda-grains-braun/column-u-s-corn-stocks-and-china-corn-imports-headline-virtual-usda-meeting-braun-idUSKBN27D3DN | 2020-10-29 |
| The judge in a court filing said the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been icily about how many people would have been denied the benefits with the changes | Negative | A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-food-stamps/u-s-judge-strikes-down-usda-rule-on-food-benefits-during-pandemic-idUSKBN27417U | 2020-10-20 |
| The restrictions on going out we have decided today will apply initially for 14 Bavarian Agriculture Minister Michaela Kaniber told a news conference | Negative | BERLIN Residents of the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria will not be able to leave their homes without a valid reason for two weeks from Tuesday officials said on Monday making it the first area in Germany to go back into lockdown since April | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/part-of-bavaria-goes-into-first-german-lockdown-since-april-idUSKBN2742S9 | 2020-10-20 |
| Participating agencies include the Transportation Department the Agriculture Department the Labor Department and the Interior Department | Positive | Oct 16 story restores dropped words in first paragraph to say tens of thousands of pages not tens of corrects fourth paragraph to say 185000 pages remaining not published | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-regulations-white-house/u-s-government-agencies-to-use-ai-to-cull-and-cut-outdated-regulations-idUSKBN27130L | 2020-10-18 |
| SAO PAULO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said Portugal favors swift approval of the trade agreement between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur as she visited Lisbon according to a statement late on Monday | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said Portugal favors swift approval of the trade agreement between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur as she visited Lisbon according to a statement late on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-eu-trade/brazil-keen-to-show-eu-mercosur-accord-still-has-support-in-europe-idUSKBN26Y1UB | 2020-10-14 |
| Buying has accelerated considerably in August and September including around 12 million tonnes of soybeans and 4 million tonnes of corn according to preliminary U.S. Department of Agriculture data | Positive | CEDAR GROVE Wisc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-unsure-if-china-will-meet-phase-1-farm-commitment-idUSKBN26N320 | 2020-10-03 |
| China may fall short of annual agricultural product purchasing commitments made in its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States due to nonagricultural trade U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Friday | Negative | CEDAR GROVE Wisc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-usda/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-unsure-if-china-will-meet-phase-1-farm-commitment-idUSKBN26N320 | 2020-10-03 |
| About of land in Zimbabwe is used for agricultural purposes according to the U.N.s Food and Agriculture Organization | Neutral | Two months later Mhonda became a firsttime landowner with an 80hectare plot quadruple the size she was originally looking for near Marondera about 70km outside of the capital Harare | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-farming-tech/land-hunters-app-matches-zimbabwes-farmers-with-vacant-plots-idUSKCN26G0DJ | 2020-09-25 |
| Olga Nhari chairwoman of the Women in Agriculture Union said the app could specifically help increase the number of women farmers around the country | Positive | Two months later Mhonda became a firsttime landowner with an 80hectare plot quadruple the size she was originally looking for near Marondera about 70km outside of the capital Harare | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-farming-tech/land-hunters-app-matches-zimbabwes-farmers-with-vacant-plots-idUSKCN26G0DJ | 2020-09-25 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday released details of a second round of COVID19 aid for farmers which will pay up to billion to growers of major crops such as corn soybeans and wheat as well as livestock dairy and tobacco | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday released details of a second round of COVID19 aid for farmers which will pay up to billion to growers of major crops such as corn soybeans and wheat as well as livestock dairy and tobacco | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmers-aid/u-s-details-up-to-14-billion-in-new-aid-for-farmers-idUSKBN269261 | 2020-09-19 |
| NEW YORK U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on Thursday against the potential use of Department of Agriculture funds to bail out refiners that are denied exemptions from the nations biofuel blending laws | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on Thursday against the potential use of Department of Agriculture funds to bail out refiners that are denied exemptions from the nations biofuel blending laws | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuels/trump-plan-to-bail-out-refiners-triggers-outcry-from-lawmakers-idUSKBN26836N | 2020-09-18 |
| U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan who requested the nonpartisan GAOs report noted that Georgia is also the home of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue | Neutral | CHICAGO Farmers from the U.S. Southeast primarily those growing crops like cotton or sorghum received larger trade aid payments from the federal government in 2019 than those in other parts of the country a government watchdog agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-aid/trump-trade-aid-payments-benefited-large-southern-farms-watchdog-report-idUSKBN2653I8 | 2020-09-15 |
| This is the first time Ive seen such a Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said while visiting the area after the disaster | Negative | ISTANBUL Reuters When Mahmut Talic left his small hardware shop one summer evening its displays of tools insulation supplies and window frames were all neatly in their places | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-floods-development-feature-trf/new-homes-highways-boost-flood-risk-on-turkeys-northern-coast-idUSKBN2660FM | 2020-09-15 |
| CHICAGO Chinese demand for U.S. corn and soybeans remained robust in the latest week U.S. Agriculture Department data showed and traders expect the recent surge of deals will cause the U.S. government to boost its export forecast for both commodities | Positive | CHICAGO Chinese demand for U.S. corn and soybeans remained robust in the latest week U.S. Agriculture Department data showed and traders expect the recent surge of deals will cause the U.S. government to boost its export forecast for both commodities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/china-maintains-strong-demand-for-u-s-corn-soy-usda-idUSKBN26224K | 2020-09-12 |
| On Tuesday Bolsonaro and Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina met with representatives of the sugarethanol sector said the sources who requested anonymity to discuss private matters | Positive | DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government is planning to extend a tarifffree ethanol import program for three months two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday a measure likely to please U.S. President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-ethanol-extension/brazil-likely-to-extend-zero-tariff-ethanol-imports-past-u-s-election-sources-say-idUSKBN260393 | 2020-09-10 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry the presidents office and Unica Brazils largest sugarethanol trade group did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday | Neutral | DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government is planning to extend a tarifffree ethanol import program for three months two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday a measure likely to please U.S. President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-ethanol-extension/brazil-likely-to-extend-zero-tariff-ethanol-imports-past-u-s-election-sources-say-idUSKBN260393 | 2020-09-10 |
| CHICAGO Chinese buyers booked deals to buy 664000 tonnes of soybeans the largest daily total since July 22 for delivery in the marketing year the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday | Positive | CHICAGO Chinese buyers booked deals to buy 664000 tonnes of soybeans the largest daily total since July 22 for delivery in the marketing year the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-soybeans/china-buys-664000-tonnes-of-u-s-soybeans-biggest-daily-total-in-nearly-seven-weeks-usda-idUSKBN25Z2CA | 2020-09-09 |
| A conditional ban on the live export of cattle was one of several options being considered Agriculture Minister Damien OConnor said | Negative | A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East China Sea the only crew member rescued so far told Japans coastguard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/cattle-ship-feared-lost-off-japan-in-storm-one-crew-member-rescued-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-03 |
| In that regard Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Lands and Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said in a joint statement that these farmers should apply for their land back | Negative | HARARE Foreign white farmers settled in Zimbabwe whose land was seized under Robert Mugabe can apply to get it back and will be offered land elsewhere if restitution proves impractical the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-farmers/zimbabwe-says-foreign-white-farmers-can-apply-to-get-back-seized-land-idUSKBN25R2GO | 2020-09-01 |
| SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil has asked Chinese authorities to provide results of laboratory tests that detected traces of the novel coronavirus on chicken wings exported by the South American country according to a statement sent to Reuters by Brazils Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-china-trade/brazil-asks-china-for-proof-chicken-wings-had-coronavirus-idUSKBN25N03K | 2020-08-27 |
| Agriculture accounts for near of Indias | Neutral | MUMBAI Aug 27 Last month Dnyaneshwar Siddhanth a farmer from Indias western state of Maharashtra was in desperate need of money to buy seed and fertilizer as the monsoon sowing season approached | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-india-farmers/indian-farmers-driven-to-debt-as-banks-turn-risk-averse-during-pandemic-idUSL4N2FR1DZ | 2020-08-27 |
| China has begun a strict crackdown on the production and use of illegal African swine fever vaccines the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday after anecdotal evidence of the widespread use of such products | Negative | China has begun a strict crackdown on the production and use of illegal African swine fever vaccines the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday after anecdotal evidence of the widespread use of such products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-swinefever-vaccine/china-to-probe-labs-farms-in-crackdown-on-illegal-african-swine-fever-vaccines-idUSKBN25L142 | 2020-08-26 |
| There was additional support for U.S. grain and oilseed markets after the U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged the condition of crops behind market expectations | Positive | Corn jumps 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-corn-at-6-week-high-on-u-s-china-trade-talks-crop-condition-idUSL4N2FR0UL | 2020-08-25 |
| The Philippines Department of Agriculture assured the public however that chicken products currently in the local market were safe to eat | Positive | MANILA The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food including chicken wings from the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-brazil/philippines-bans-chicken-imports-from-brazil-on-coronavirus-scare-idUSKCN25A1D1 | 2020-08-15 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said in a statement that it was seeking clarification on the matter but had not received official notification from Chinese authorities | Negative | The Chinese city of Shenzhens government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora the countrys third largest processor of chicken and pork as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/coronavirus-contaminated-chicken-came-from-brazils-aurora-chinese-local-government-says-idUSKCN25922T | 2020-08-14 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Agriculture Department said in a joint statement there is no evidence that people can contract COVID19 from food or from food packaging | Positive | Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food local authorities said on Thursday although the World Health Organization downplayed the risk of the virus entering the food chain | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinese-cities-find-coronavirus-in-frozen-food-imports-who-downplays-infection-risk-idUSKCN259330 | 2020-08-14 |
| Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said retaliating on agriculture was a strategic as the industry needs stability | Positive | Spanish agricultural exports such as wine and olive oil are among the hardest hit by the U.S. tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-spain/spain-says-u-s-should-waive-tariffs-on-eu-goods-as-wine-olives-hit-idUSKCN2591S5 | 2020-08-14 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said earlier that it was seeking clarification on the matter | Neutral | PAULO The Chinese city of Shenzhens government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora the countrys third largest processor of chicken and pork as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/coronavirus-contaminated-chicken-came-from-brazils-aurora-chinese-local-government-says-idUSKCN25922T | 2020-08-14 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it was seeking clarification with Chinese authorities over reports that a shipment of Brazilian chicken wings tested positive for the novel coronavirus | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it was seeking clarification with Chinese authorities over reports that a shipment of Brazilian chicken wings tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronarvirus-brazil-ministry/brazil-agriculture-ministry-seeks-china-clarification-over-coronavirus-contaminated-meat-idUSKCN2592BA | 2020-08-14 |
| Most families have been constrained as the little they had was sent to Nairobi to sustain their said Phillip Oketch a dairy expert with the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project | Positive | With three hungry children and no alternatives she called her parents in her home village asking them to send food to keep the family afloat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-food-feature/as-coronavirus-steals-jobs-urban-kenyans-look-to-their-rural-families-idUSKCN25706L | 2020-08-11 |
| Transportation also for a period was a challenge thanks to coronaviruslinked movement restrictions and road flooding though Kenyas Ministry of Agriculture quickly classified food transport as an essential service | Negative | With three hungry children and no alternatives she called her parents in her home village asking them to send food to keep the family afloat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-food-feature/as-coronavirus-steals-jobs-urban-kenyans-look-to-their-rural-families-idUSKCN25706L | 2020-08-11 |
| The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said it had received 1209 reports about the seeds with 300 phone calls on Thursday alone | Neutral | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/morning-glories-and-mustard-u-s-investigates-unsolicited-seed-mystery-idUSKCN24W1R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department has identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in bags of unsolicited seeds arriving in the mailboxes of thousands of Americans mostly postmarked from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/morning-glories-and-mustard-u-s-investigates-unsolicited-seed-mystery-idUSKCN24W1R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/u-s-warns-against-planting-unsolicited-seeds-from-china-idUSKCN24S2OM | 2020-07-28 |
| The Washington State Department of Agriculture said on Facebook that the shipments are agricultural smuggling | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-seeds/u-s-warns-against-planting-unsolicited-seeds-from-china-idUSKCN24S2OM | 2020-07-28 |
| It will be carried out under a comprehensive infection Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Bollestad told a news conference | Negative | OSLO The Norwegian government will make an exception for Tom Cruise and his crew to shoot parts of a new movie in Norway this autumn without imposing quarantine requirements a minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-movie/norway-quarantine-is-no-obstacle-for-secret-agent-ethan-hunt-idUSKCN24P269 | 2020-07-25 |
| CHICAGO China booked deals to buy 522000 tonnes of soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday the latest in a string of purchases by the worlds top buyer of U.S. agricultural products | Positive | CHICAGO China booked deals to buy 522000 tonnes of soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday the latest in a string of purchases by the worlds top buyer of U.S. agricultural products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-exports/china-buys-more-u-s-soybeans-idUSKCN24H2D8 | 2020-07-17 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | PAULO The Chinese government has asked Brazil to suspend exports from two meat plants over concerns about novel coronavirus outbreaks in foodprocessing facilities in the South American country a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-meatpackers/china-asks-brazil-to-stop-exports-from-two-meat-plants-over-coronavirus-worries-source-says-idUSKCN24G36J | 2020-07-16 |
| Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias has said there is no evidence the coronavirus is transmitted in food | Positive | PAULO The Chinese government has asked Brazil to suspend exports from two meat plants over concerns about novel coronavirus outbreaks in foodprocessing facilities in the South American country a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-meatpackers/china-asks-brazil-to-stop-exports-from-two-meat-plants-over-coronavirus-worries-source-says-idUSKCN24G36J | 2020-07-16 |
| CHICAGO China booked its secondlargest singleday U.S. corn purchase on record according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Friday as the country works to fulfill its Phase 1 trade deal obligation to dramatically increase U.S. farm product imports | Positive | CHICAGO China booked its secondlargest singleday U.S. corn purchase on record according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released on Friday as the country works to fulfill its Phase 1 trade deal obligation to dramatically increase U.S. farm product imports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-exports/china-books-second-biggest-u-s-corn-purchase-on-record-also-buys-wheat-idUSKBN24B1ZN | 2020-07-11 |
| The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported a dozen outbreaks of the fever in March and April however indicating it was spreading before the rains | Negative | BEIJING Outbreaks of deadly African swine fever are surging in some parts of southern China following heavy rains analysts and industry sources said in what could be a big setback for Beijings goal of replenishing pork supplies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-swinefever-floods/china-floods-blamed-for-fresh-african-swine-fever-outbreaks-idUSKBN24B0ZF | 2020-07-11 |
| There is already some evidence of people cutting out said Mike Robson the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations Syria representative | Negative | Syria could face severe bread shortages for the first time since the start of the war another challenge for President Bashar alAssad as he grapples with an economic meltdown and fresh U.S. sanctions a U.N. official activists and farmers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-bread-analysis/severe-bread-shortages-loom-for-syria-as-fresh-u-s-sanctions-grip-idUSKBN24A1LK | 2020-07-10 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Ministry of Agriculture approved several agriculture products that use the chemical dicamba a weed killer whose use has been blocked by a court in the United States according to a notice in the government gazette on Thursday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Ministry of Agriculture approved several agriculture products that use the chemical dicamba a weed killer whose use has been blocked by a court in the United States according to a notice in the government gazette on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-chemicals/brazil-oks-agrochemicals-with-weed-killer-dicamba-banned-in-the-u-s-idUSKBN24A37P | 2020-07-10 |
| Brazils Agriculture Ministry said it would only comment after it received an official communication from China on the matter which it has not received | Neutral | SAO China has suspended imports from two Brazilian pork plants owned by meatpackers JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/china-halts-imports-from-two-more-brazil-meat-plants-amid-covid-19-concerns-idUSKBN2460PC | 2020-07-06 |
| Chinas Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Saturday that the socalled strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily rebuffing a study published earlier this week | Positive | Chinas Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Saturday that the socalled strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily rebuffing a study published earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pigs/china-says-g4-swine-flu-virus-not-new-does-not-infect-humans-easily-idUSKBN2450DI | 2020-07-06 |
| Western Growers complained this week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative over the issue and the government said it would take it up Nuxoll said | Negative | CHICAGO Chinese demands that overseas suppliers guarantee their food shipments are free of the novel coronavirus are causing some shippers to forego the China trade an industry group representing U.S. produce growers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trade/some-u-s-food-suppliers-forego-china-contracts-over-coronavirus-curbs-trade-group-says-idUSKBN23X2RL | 2020-06-27 |
| The Florida Department of Agriculture is planning for more onfarm outbreaks by partnering with county health departments hotels for quarantine housing and educating workers | Positive | NEW From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as the worlds salad outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmworkers/coronavirus-spreads-among-fruit-and-vegetable-packers-worrying-u-s-officials-idUSKBN23I1FO | 2020-06-12 |
| Analysts said the U.S. Agriculture Departments forecasts were weighing on wheat | Neutral | Wheat under pressure as USDA raises production estimate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/global-grains/grains-wheat-hits-near-3-week-low-on-ample-supply-forecast-set-to-end-week-3-5-lower-idUSL4N2DP13I | 2020-06-12 |
| The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not respond to a fax requesting comments on changes in pig farm policy | Neutral | BEIJING China is building industrial pig farms near its urban areas reversing years of policies to relocate the livestock over waste concerns as the government prioritises food security over the environment after African swine fever decimated its herds | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-swinefever-pigfarming-cities/cheek-by-jowl-china-pork-crisis-spurs-pig-farms-return-to-cities-idUSKBN23H3K7 | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-meat-congress/republican-lawmakers-ask-agriculture-department-to-ease-regs-on-meat-production-idUSKBN23G31I | 2020-06-10 |
| SYDNEY June 9 U.S. soybeans inched higher on Tuesday on strong demand from China but gains were checked by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed the crops were in betterthanexpected condition | Positive | SYDNEY June 9 U.S. soybeans inched higher on Tuesday on strong demand from China but gains were checked by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed the crops were in betterthanexpected condition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-edge-higher-on-china-demand-upbeat-usda-crop-report-check-gains-idUSL4N2DM0A1 | 2020-06-09 |
| BEIJING Chinas has registered an outbreak of African swine fever on a small farm in the southwestern Yunnan province the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas has registered an outbreak of African swine fever on a small farm in the southwestern Yunnan province the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-swinefever/china-reports-african-swine-fever-outbreak-in-yunnan-province-idUSKBN23C1HZ | 2020-06-06 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue criticized the ruling and said it was unclear if farmers who had already purchased dicamba products for the current soy season could legally use them | Negative | A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States the latest setback for a business already fighting an expensive legal battle over another product | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bayer-dicamba-lawsuit/u-s-court-blocks-sales-of-bayer-weed-killer-in-united-states-idUSKBN23B0JA | 2020-06-05 |
| Agriculture ministry official Satoru Nishio said the subsidy which also covers expensive mangoes strawberries and tunas was intended to back farmers facing a decline in inbound tourists and exports | Negative | TOKYO As the coronavirus jolts Japan the governments huge stimulus package has come under fire from hardhit restaurant owners for channelling funds for items like wagyu beef melons and tourism rather than accelerating help for firms with burning cash needs | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-stimulus/from-wagyu-beef-to-melons-japans-2-2-trillion-virus-rescue-piques-struggling-firms-idUSKBN23B00P | 2020-06-04 |
| A small swarm can eat enough food to feed 35000 people in one day according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization | Positive | Millions of locusts have engulfed Indias seven heartland states including the western desert of Rajasthan and threaten vegetable and pulse crops such as lentils and beans | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-locusts-farming-trfn/drones-to-disc-jockeys-india-battles-new-wave-of-crop-munching-locusts-idUSKBN23A061 | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representatives office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Stateowned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources-idUSKBN238264 | 2020-06-02 |
| The instinct to stock up made sense in a country where more than of food is imported said Ismahane Elouafi director general of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture | Positive | Today the move to build up food resilience is paying off early in the face of another the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-food-health-environment-trfn/cooked-up-for-climate-uaes-high-tech-food-plan-pays-off-in-pandemic-idUSKBN2330O5 | 2020-05-27 |
| At least 14 plants have reopened according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture with some installing barriers between work stations and taking other safety measures | Positive | GUYMON Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-plant-special/special-report-in-oklahoma-pork-packing-town-covid-stirs-fear-faith-and-sorrow-idUSKBN22Z0SK | 2020-05-24 |
| Separately U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Trump administration would provide aid to ranchers who had been forced to euthanize livestock | Positive | President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cattle/trump-floats-halt-to-u-s-cattle-imports-as-pandemic-hurts-ranchers-idUSKBN22V2E0 | 2020-05-20 |
| The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said hunger could spread drastically due to the pandemic | Negative | ADEN Yemens Saudibacked government accused its Houthi foes of covering up a big outbreak of coronavirus in areas they hold and the United Nations warned that the country could suffer a food security situation due to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemens-saudi-backed-government-pleads-for-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22U0ZQ | 2020-05-19 |
| SYDNEY Australia is not in a trade war with China Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on Tuesday a day after China announced import tariffs on Australian barley | Negative | SYDNEY Australia is not in a trade war with China Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on Tuesday a day after China announced import tariffs on Australian barley | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-littleproud/australia-says-it-is-not-in-trade-war-with-china-idUSKBN22V013 | 2020-05-19 |
| SYDNEY May 19 Australia is not in a trade war with China Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on Tuesday a day after China announced import tariffs on Australian barley | Negative | SYDNEY May 19 Australia is not in a trade war with China Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on Tuesday a day after China announced import tariffs on Australian barley | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-australia-littleproud/australia-says-it-is-not-in-trade-war-with-china-idUSS9N2CO018 | 2020-05-19 |
| The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates agricultural losses to neighbouring Pakistan from locusts could be as high | Negative | DUBAI Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday as the swarms threaten to destroy crops worth more than billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-agriculture-locusts/iran-may-use-military-against-locusts-threatening-crops-idUSKBN22R32C | 2020-05-16 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a rule that will simplify or waive agency reviews of certain biotech farm products including plants and seeds that have been genetically modified or engineered | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday a rule that will simplify or waive agency reviews of certain biotech farm products including plants and seeds that have been genetically modified or engineered | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-agriculture/usda-limits-review-requirements-of-some-biotech-farm-products-idUSKBN22R04P | 2020-05-15 |
| However there are regional differences said Pekkarinen a senior forestry officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization | Neutral | The United Nations study found 10 million hectares of forest were destroyed annually in the past five years down from 12 million hectares a year in the previous halfdecade | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-forests-trfn/forest-loss-seen-slowing-globally-but-progress-patchy-idUSKBN22J2ZC | 2020-05-08 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Chinese buyers had booked deals for 378000 tonnes of soybeans from the United States | Positive | SYDNEY May 7 U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Thursday as Chinese cargo purchases supported prices although fears over the poor state of U.S.China relations provided a ceiling to the gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-edge-higher-on-chinese-cargo-purchases-idUSL4N2CP0LM | 2020-05-07 |
| That is 10 times the number of cases in the same period last year noted Mohamed Boufaroua general director of forestry at the Ministry of Agriculture | Neutral | GABES Tunisia Reuters As Tunisias streets emptied and shops shuttered after the 6pm national curfew to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak a clandestine group headed to the forest | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tunisia-logging-fe/under-the-cover-of-lockdown-illegal-logging-surges-in-tunisia-idUSKBN22D4H5 | 2020-05-01 |
| CHICAGO China agreed to buy 136000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday morning the third straight day in a row an export deal with the worlds top soy importer has been announced | Positive | CHICAGO China agreed to buy 136000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday morning the third straight day in a row an export deal with the worlds top soy importer has been announced | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-soybeans-china/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-for-third-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN22622W | 2020-04-25 |
| DUBAI Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains | Neutral | DUBAI Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-agriculture-g20-ua/g20-agriculture-ministers-say-corona-measures-should-not-disrupt-food-supply-idUSKCN2232DI | 2020-04-22 |
| Agriculture is less directly affected by lockdown policies thus acting as a means of avoiding higher food insecurity and Thurlow told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in emailed comments | Negative | Though my children arent in school they are really very resourceful during this time mostly helping us on the Langat said in a phone interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-food/boost-for-kenyas-farmers-as-children-lend-a-hand-during-coronavirus-idUSKBN2200D4 | 2020-04-19 |
| Peter Munya cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture said the supply of staple commodities must be maintained and produce transported to where it is needed most | Positive | Though my children arent in school they are really very resourceful during this time mostly helping us on the Langat said in a phone interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-food/boost-for-kenyas-farmers-as-children-lend-a-hand-during-coronavirus-idUSKBN2200D4 | 2020-04-19 |
| The rest is expected to come from some billion currently in the Agriculture Departments Commodity Credit Corp funding authority | Positive | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-usda-farmaid/trump-administration-to-unveil-15-5-billion-first-phase-of-coronavirus-farm-aid-sources-idUSKCN21W01K | 2020-04-14 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to | Neutral | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coronavirus-usda-farmaid/trump-administration-to-unveil-15-5-billion-first-phase-of-coronavirus-farm-aid-sources-idUSKCN21W01K | 2020-04-14 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Agriculture Department will investigate why a surge in beef prices because of coronavirus hoarding did not translate into higher cattle prices for farmers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking/u-s-to-probe-surging-beef-prices-falling-cattle-prices-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21Q3DD | 2020-04-09 |
| Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Taku Eto called on shoppers to stay calm | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight coronavirus infections in major population centres and rolled out a nearly trillion stimulus package to soften the economic blow | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-declares-state-of-emergency-nearly-1-trillion-stimulus-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P067 | 2020-04-08 |
| Agriculture groups have lobbied states to increase truck weight limits on highways to enable more food to be delivered | Neutral | CHICAGO Dairy farmer Jason Leedle felt his stomach churn when he got the call on Tuesday evening | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-dairy-insight/u-s-dairy-farmers-dump-milk-as-pandemic-upends-food-markets-idUSKBN21L1DW | 2020-04-05 |
| BEIJING China has confirmed two cases of African swine fever in northwestern Gansu province the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday | Negative | BEIJING China has confirmed two cases of African swine fever in northwestern Gansu province the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever/china-reports-new-african-swine-fever-cases-in-gansu-province-idUSKBN21K1P0 | 2020-04-03 |
| Agriculture and food production in general are considered essential activities | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos Grupo Modelo said on Thursday it will temporarily stop brewing Corona beer and other brands exported to 180 countries after its business activities were declared nonessential under a government order aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-grupo-model/mexico-stops-brewing-corona-beer-deemed-non-essential-in-epidemic-idUSKBN21L0F2 | 2020-04-03 |
| PAULO China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | Negative | PAULO China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china-exclu/exclusive-coronavirus-stalls-chinese-approvals-of-new-brazil-meat-exports-idUSKBN21I2MV | 2020-04-01 |
| BRASILIA China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | Negative | BRASILIA China has not approved any new Brazilian meat plants for export this year because of the coronavirus pandemic an official at Brazils Agriculture Ministry told Reuters adding that all approvals were on hold until the crisis eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china-exclu/exclusive-coronavirus-stalls-chinese-approvals-of-new-brazil-meat-exports-idUSKBN21I1U6 | 2020-04-01 |
| The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned that any rush by importers to buy staples could fuel global food inflation despite ample reserves of staple crops | Negative | PARIS Like other parts of the global economy food supply chains have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and empty supermarket shelves have become a symbol of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-explainer/explainer-how-the-coronavirus-crisis-is-affecting-food-supply-idUSKBN21D36G | 2020-03-27 |
| All you need is panic buying from big importers such as millers or governments to create a said Abdolreza Abbassian chief economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization | Negative | SINGAPORE Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations a senior economist at FAO and agricultural analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-security/panic-buying-lockdowns-may-drive-world-food-inflation-fao-analysts-idUSKBN21808G | 2020-03-21 |
| meeting of G20 Agriculture and Water ministers scheduled for March 1719 in Saudi Arabia has been postponed | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| Im concerned about them using this legitimate crisis to pursue issues they cant get done Republican Representative Michael Conaway the top Republican on the Agriculture Committee told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON As schools close offices clear out and sporting events are canceled across the United States a familiar Washington problem partisan gridlock threatened on Thursday to derail the U.S. governments ability to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-analy/u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-package-stuck-in-congress-over-paid-sick-leave-idUSKBN20Z3EK | 2020-03-13 |
| A meeting of G20 Agriculture and Water ministers scheduled for March 1719 in Saudi Arabia has been postponed | Negative | The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 119000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries causing greater economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20Y0OX | 2020-03-12 |
| CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged Chinas herd | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged Chinas herd | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever-usda/u-s-says-it-will-ban-pig-shipments-if-fatal-hog-virus-is-detected-idUSKBN20T2IQ | 2020-03-07 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday predicted China will come to the U.S. market for soybeans in late spring and summer | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas soybean imports in the first two months of 2020 jumped 14 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade-soybeans/chinas-january-february-soybean-imports-rise-14-year-on-year-as-more-u-s-cargoes-arrive-idUSKBN20U06T | 2020-03-07 |
| Brazil was the worlds ninthlargest exporter of forestry products in 2018 according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization | Negative | BRASILIA Over the past year Brazil exported thousands of cargoes of wood from an Amazonian port without authorization from the federal environment agency increasing the risk they originated from illegally deforested land two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-lumber-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-exported-thousands-of-shipments-of-unauthorized-wood-from-amazon-port-idUSKBN20R15X | 2020-03-05 |
| U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday predicted China will come into the U.S. market for soybeans in late spring and summer | Positive | WASHINGTON Washington needs to give China some leeway in implementing a Phase 1 trade deal given a downturn in the worlds second largest economy caused by the coronavirus U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade-china/u-s-should-give-china-leeway-in-implementing-trade-deal-due-to-virus-grassley-idUSKBN20R35F | 2020-03-05 |
| China already has its nationals heading four U.N. the Food and Agriculture Organization the International Civil Aviation Organization the Industrial Development Organization and the International Telecommunications Union | Neutral | GENEVA A Singaporean beat a Chinese candidate in the race to lead the world patent office heading off Beijings bid for a fifth U.N. leadership role much to the satisfaction of the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-election-wipo/singaporean-defeats-chinese-candidate-to-head-u-n-patent-office-idUSKBN20R17F | 2020-03-05 |
| The dog has tested weak for the virus which indicates a low level of infection the Hong Kong Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department said | Negative | HONG KONG Animal health experts said on Wednesday the quarantined dog of a coronavirus patient in Hong Kong could be the first case of humantoanimal transmission although they cautioned the matter remained under investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong-dog/hong-kong-coronavirus-patients-dog-could-be-first-human-to-animal-transmission-experts-idUSKBN20R24S | 2020-03-05 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 670608 tonnes of U.S. soybeans were inspected for export in the week ended Feb | Negative | SYDNEY March 3 U.S. soybean futures rose to a near sixweek high on Tuesday boosted by expectations for coordinated global stimulus steps to offset the broad economic impact of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-grains/grains-soybeans-hit-near-6-week-high-on-global-stimulus-expectations-idUSL4N2AW0I2 | 2020-03-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Agriculture Ministry will allow for agrochemicals awaiting regulatory approval to receive licenses automatically potentially allowing new pesticides to reach market faster according to new rules published on Thursday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Agriculture Ministry will allow for agrochemicals awaiting regulatory approval to receive licenses automatically potentially allowing new pesticides to reach market faster according to new rules published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture-chemicals/brazil-to-allow-for-automatic-approval-of-new-agrochemicals-idUSKCN20L39V | 2020-02-28 |
| We want to stop that Agriculture Minister Peter Munya told reporters on Monday after meeting protesting donkey owners in Nairobi | Negative | Kenya has four licensed donkey abattoirs more than any other country on the continent which slaughter around 1000 donkeys a day according to government data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-wildlife-labor/kenya-shuts-slaughterhouses-over-loss-of-donkeys-to-china-idUSKBN20J2H5 | 2020-02-26 |
| More than 300000 donkeys of Kenyas population have been slaughtered for skin and meat export in less than three years according to the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization | Negative | Kenya has four licensed donkey abattoirs more than any other country on the continent which slaughter around 1000 donkeys a day according to government data | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-wildlife-labor/kenya-shuts-slaughterhouses-over-loss-of-donkeys-to-china-idUSKBN20J2H5 | 2020-02-26 |
| However Australias Department of Agriculture said Australia had not exported camels since 2007 | Positive | TRIPOLI Three thousand camels have been walked out of Libyas capital Tripoli in an overnight evacuation after the port where they arrived came under artillery fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-camels/imported-camels-evacuated-from-libyas-capital-after-port-comes-under-fire-idUSKBN20E1TY | 2020-02-24 |
| SAO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday that the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports effective immediately | Positive | SAO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday that the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports effective immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-says-u-s-will-allow-fresh-brazilian-beef-imports-idUSKBN20F2QE | 2020-02-22 |
| A large Brazilian beef exporter told Reuters that the impact would not be as immediate as the Agriculture Ministry implied | Neutral | SAO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday that the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports effective immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-says-u-s-will-allow-fresh-brazilian-beef-imports-idUSKBN20F2QE | 2020-02-22 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture had no immediate comment | Neutral | SAO Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday that the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports effective immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef/brazil-says-u-s-will-allow-fresh-brazilian-beef-imports-idUSKBN20F2QE | 2020-02-22 |
| Brazils Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina said in a Twitter posting on Friday that she was informed by the U.S. government about the end of the restriction | Negative | SAO PAULO Shares of Brazilian beef processors JBS SA Marfrig Global Foods SA and Minerva SA rose near the close on Brazils B3 stock exchange after news that the United States had reopened its market to fresh Brazilian beef | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beef-stocks/shares-of-brazilian-beef-companies-jump-as-u-s-reopens-trade-idUSKBN20F2QR | 2020-02-22 |
| Speaking with Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina beside him Bolsonaro said the credit line would help lift Brazils indigenous people out of poverty and assimilate them into Brazilian society | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-offers-credit-for-indigenous-farmers-as-he-pushes-to-open-their-lands-idUSKBN20C2PO | 2020-02-19 |
| BEIJING China has approved the import of all poultry and poultry products from the United States the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website on Monday | Positive | BEIJING China has approved the import of all poultry and poultry products from the United States the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-poultry/china-approves-imports-of-all-u-s-poultry-poultry-products-idUSKBN20B07S | 2020-02-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Thursday that the impact of coronavirus should be viewed with calm and not blown out of proportion amid rising concern that the disease outbreak in China could hurt demand for commodities | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Thursday that the impact of coronavirus should be viewed with calm and not blown out of proportion amid rising concern that the disease outbreak in China could hurt demand for commodities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-agriculture/brazil-farm-minister-urges-calm-over-coronavirus-amid-commodities-export-concern-idUSKBN2072SP | 2020-02-14 |
| subsidiary Glencore Agriculture has six biodiesel processing plants including in Argentina and Germany | Positive | LONDON The worlds big oil trading firms are investing heavily in environmentallyfriendly projects as they face increasing pressure from investors governments activists and financiers to find a sustainable business model | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-traders-renewables-factbox/factbox-big-oil-traders-start-investing-in-renewables-idUSKBN20603K | 2020-02-12 |
| Additional cases have also been identified in some northern provinces the Department of Agriculture said | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| Agriculture Secretary William Dar had consulted Mindanao government officials and hog industry leaders to effectively manage and contain the outbreak the department said in a statement | Negative | MANILA The Philippines confirmed on Sunday that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country which accounts for nearly a third of the nations 12 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/african-swine-fever-outbreak-spreads-in-philippines-southern-provinces-idUSKBN20306H | 2020-02-10 |
| JAKARTA Indonesian authorities are investigating the deaths of about 880 pigs on the island of Bali the director of animal health at the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday to determine if they died of African swine fever | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesian authorities are investigating the deaths of about 880 pigs on the island of Bali the director of animal health at the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday to determine if they died of African swine fever | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-indonesia-swinefever/indonesian-investigates-deaths-of-hundreds-of-pigs-in-bali-idUSKBN1ZZ0FX | 2020-02-05 |
| PARIS French fishermen are temporarily banned from entering the waters of Guernsey due to postBrexit administrative changes that the authorities expect to resolve in the coming days the French Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday | Negative | PARIS French fishermen are temporarily banned from entering the waters of Guernsey due to postBrexit administrative changes that the authorities expect to resolve in the coming days the French Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-fisheries-guernsey/french-fishermen-temporarily-lose-access-to-guernsey-waters-idUSKBN1ZV3HT | 2020-02-03 |
| Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered regional department officials to restrict animal movement in that part of the archipelago the department said in a statement | Negative | MANILA Blood samples taken from pigs in a southern province in the Philippines the worlds 10thlargest pork consumer tested positive for the African swine fever virus the Department of Agriculture said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-philippines-swinefever/philippines-detects-first-african-swine-fever-outbreak-in-southern-province-idUSKBN1ZW05Y | 2020-02-02 |
| Agriculture accounts for of Indias gross domestic and a source of livelihood for more than half of the countrys 1 | Neutral | NEW DELHI Indias government announced billions of dollars of state funding to help the sprawling farm sector in its federal budget on Saturday aiming to get broader economic growth back up from its lowest in a decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-india-budget/indias-government-steps-up-funding-of-farm-sector-to-lift-stuttering-economy-idUSKBN1ZV395 | 2020-02-01 |
| MOSCOW Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev will keep their posts in Russias new government the Kremlin said on Tuesday | Neutral | MOSCOW Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev will keep their posts in Russias new government the Kremlin said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-government-ministers/russia-gets-new-economy-minister-but-finance-energy-and-agriculture-ministers-keep-jobs-idUSKBN1ZK28N | 2020-01-22 |
| AUSTIN Texas With China poised to increase purchases of U.S. agricultural goods this year as part of a Phase 1 China trade deal the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday there is no need for a third year of traderelated aid for farmers | Positive | AUSTIN Texas With China poised to increase purchases of U.S. agricultural goods this year as part of a Phase 1 China trade deal the U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday there is no need for a third year of traderelated aid for farmers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/u-s-agriculture-secretary-says-no-need-for-more-farm-aid-after-china-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZJ28L | 2020-01-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expected U.S. farmers to receive a third and final tranche of traderelated payments even after a Phase 1 trade deal with China was signed Bloomberg reported on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expected U.S. farmers to receive a third and final tranche of traderelated payments even after a Phase 1 trade deal with China was signed Bloomberg reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/u-s-farmers-expected-to-get-third-tranche-of-trade-aid-despite-phase-1-deal-perdue-idUSKBN1ZF2OW | 2020-01-17 |
| The Labor Department will follow in the footsteps of the United States Department of Agriculture which last year removed computers from its data newsroom | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday announced changes to economic data procedures which would result in the removal of computers from its Washington newsroom effective March 1 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy/us-labor-department-to-remove-computers-from-data-lockups-idUSKBN1ZF2BD | 2020-01-17 |
| The Ministry of Agriculture said all products from the brewery had been recalled and production suspended | Negative | SAO PAULO Two men in Brazil are believed to have died from drinking local craft beer contaminated with a chemical compound used in antifreeze and other products police in the state of Minas Gerais said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-beer-casualties/brazil-police-investigate-craft-brewer-after-two-poison-deaths-idUSKBN1ZE2OC | 2020-01-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the U.S.China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the U.S.China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trade-china-brazil/u-s-china-trade-deal-could-hurt-brazil-soy-exports-brazil-farm-official-idUSKBN1Z71WF | 2020-01-09 |
