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U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs surge on bargain-buying after selloff

Nov. 11, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The Chicago Mercantile Exchange saw live cattle and feeder cattle futures bounce back strongly from contract lows on Wednesday, with prices hitting their daily limits as traders snapped up bargains and investors covering their short positions. Meanwhile, CME lean hog futures also saw a turnaround as […]

Olymel buying into Quebec pork packer Lucyporc

Nov. 11, 2015 at 3:09 am CST

By Staff

Alltech to buy up Canadian feed firm Masterfeeds

Nov. 11, 2015 at 2:08 am CST

By Staff

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans likely headed down, corn sideways

Nov. 10, 2015 at 5:53 pm CST

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, feeders fall to contract lows on fund selling

Nov. 10, 2015 at 5:31 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sink to new lows after bearish USDA report

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its 2015 harvest forecasts by more than expected and increased estimates for end-of-season stocks. Wheat futures slumped for a third straight session and hit a two-week bottom on […]

By Karl Plume

World corn stocks hit record high on cut in China use: USDA

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture unexpectedly revised its global coarse grain supply estimate on Tuesday, saying Chinese feed millers were using feeds other than corn at a higher rate than previously thought over the past three years. Along with an increase in USDA’s 2015 U.S. corn […]

By Karl Plume

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

Nov. 10, 2015 at 1:06 pm CST

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it […]

By Allan Dawson

Klassen: Quality calves support feeder market

Nov. 9, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

They say a sudden windfall can provide a false expectation of future performance. This is definitely true of the cattle feeding business. Western Canadian feeder cattle prices continued on a mixed volatile tone over the past week, trading $10 lower to as much as $10 higher. Feedlot operators shrugged off […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles on profit-taking

Nov. 9, 2015 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Monday on profit-taking and improving weather in some key wheat producing areas amid concerns that increasing global supplies will restrict U.S. wheat export demand. Corn futures fell for a third straight session and hit a two-month […]

By Karl Plume