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CME to raise feeder cattle index weight requirements

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group plans to increase the weight ranges for its feeder cattle index, which is associated with the feeder cattle futures contract, the exchange said in a statement on Tuesday. The amendment will become effective when the November 2016 contract is listed for trading on Nov. […]

Brazil’s JBS considering slew of acquisitions

Oct. 27, 2015 at 7:50 pm CDT

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Indonesia’s president says country intends to join TPP

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:29 pm CDT

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China to resume imports from U.S. pork plants

Oct. 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

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Mosaic lays off staff at Sask. potash mine

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:54 pm CDT

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Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered health experts in France […]

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EU to resume beef exports to Canada

Oct. 20, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union is to resume exports of beef to Canada from 19 of its member countries for the first time since 1996, when they were halted in the wake of the BSE scandal. The European Commission said Tuesday that Canada’s action was part of a […]

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Mitsui buys half of non-GMO U.S. grain, soybean handler

Oct. 19, 2015 at 7:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. arm of Japanese commodities trader Mitsui has bought a 50 per cent stake in Bluegrass Farms of Ohio, a grain handler and breeder of non-genetically modified soybeans, the companies said Monday. The deal, which closed on Friday, is valued at about US$15 million including debt, said […]

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U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence

Oct. 17, 2015 at 3:17 pm CDT

Tampa | Reuters — Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer-than-usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Nino weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued Thursday. More rain and snow are likely across the nation’s […]

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Villagers in India kill Muslim accused of smuggling cows

Oct. 17, 2015 at 9:48 am CDT

Dharamsala, India | Reuters –– Villagers in northern India have killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle, police said Saturday, in violence critics say is fuelled by the Hindu nationalist government seeking a nationwide ban of cow slaughter and beef trade. India is the world’s largest exporter of beef […]

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