Insights and Stories of Christine Stebbins

Cargill to shut Tex. beef plant as U.S. herd shrinks

Jan. 17, 2013 at 5:42 pm CST

Agrifood giant Cargill, one of the United States’ largest beef processors, said Thursday it will close its Plainview, Tex. beef plant on Feb. 1 in reaction to the smallest U.S. cattle supply in more than 60 years. "The U.S. cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1952. Increased feed […]

U.S. farm law expires next week

Sep. 28, 2012 at 11:31 pm CDT

By Christine Stebbins

Cargill posts worst quarter since 1991

Aug. 9, 2012 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. crops shrivel in record heat, rains expected

Jul. 5, 2012 at 7:47 pm CDT

By Christine Stebbins Mark Weinraub

Illinois farmers worried by extremely warm winter

Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:01 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

Aflatoxin feed recalls in U.S. point to tighter rules ahead

Dec. 21, 2011 at 10:53 pm CST

A series of recent recalls for pet and livestock feed in the United States for a corn-based toxic substance increases the pressure to tighten government food safety rules in proposals now being weighed by that country’s Food and Drug Administration, scientists say. "With the Food Safety Modernization Act coming into […]

By Christine Stebbins

Investors wary as U.S. farmland prices hit record highs

Nov. 16, 2011 at 6:22 pm CST

U.S. farmland prices in the third quarter surged to the highest levels in more than three decades amid an accelerating agricultural boom that has so far defied fears of a bubble about to burst. Prices hit record highs in the U.S. Plains, where wheat and cattle dominate production, and jumped […]

By Carey Gillam Christine Stebbins

CME says storage plan helping wheat “converge;” traders scoff

Sep. 19, 2011 at 5:30 am CDT

CME Group is celebrating the one-year anniversary of a controversial storage scheme for its benchmark wheat futures contract by saying it has fixed a long-standing problem on futures deliveries. Traders, however, remain far from convinced. Arguing that the cure has been worse than the disease, the traders say that by […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grain firms tighten GMO policy, eye Syngenta corn

Sep. 3, 2011 at 1:24 am CDT

Major U.S. grain companies have tightened curbs on genetically modified grains not yet approved by foreign markets, with some singling out one popular corn variety made by Syngenta, fearing any trace of the biotech grain in shipments could shut off export markets. The action was taken just weeks before the […]

By Christine Stebbins Karl Plume

U.S. to seek Canadian durum as U.S. acres plummet

Jul. 4, 2011 at 5:40 pm CDT

The U.S. wheat industry is bracing for a tight supply of premium pasta wheat this year after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected durum acres this week to be the lowest in 50 years as heavy rains and flooding prevented seeding. Some industry specialists expect the number to get even […]

By Christine Stebbins

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