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New Study Argues Grain Reserves Could Stabilize Food Prices

Economist Isabella Weber makes the case that public food buffer stocks could mitigate price shocks in an increasingly unstable future.

Cyberattacks Aren’t the Only Issue in America’s Concentrated Cattle Market

Lawmakers and ranchers want answers from antitrust enforcers about rising consumer beef prices and stagnant live cattle prices.

Poultry & LivestockClaire KellowayJune 10, 2021cattle, Antitrust, JBS, commodity markets

An ADM-Bunge Merger Would Drive More Concentration in Commodity Grains

Commodity trader Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) is in advanced talks to purchase fellow commodity trader Bunge, Bloomberg reported this week. That deal, if completed, would create a $34 billion grain company rivaling Cargill, the world’s most dominant trading house.