Bloomberg Corn futures surged into a bull market as production concerns in the U.S. and Brazil, the world’s biggest exporters, sparked optimism that the global grain glut will ease. Dry conditions have beleaguered Brazil’s crops so much that the nation’s chicken processors have been forced to reduce production as domestic consumers compete with foreign buyers for grain supplies. Now, ...

  Bloomberg The death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform, done in by Washington partisanship and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s incendiary comments on foreigners, is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies. Carlos Castaneda watched one-quarter of his Napa cabbages rot in three of his California fields this ...

  Dubai / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA), Computer Emergency Readiness Team, aeCERT, and the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) have signed an agreement to jointly promote information security at the DFSA and provide companies with measures to avert all forms of attacks in cyberspace. TRA will provide guidance, education and awareness about online threats, as well as assist ...