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U.S. cattle placements fall in June amid lush pastures

Jul. 19, 2013 at 2:32 pm CDT

The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month was down 5 per cent from a year earlier, a government report showed on Friday, which analysts attributed to healthy grazing pastures that kept cattle out of feedyards. The U.S. Department of Agriculture showed June placements at1.587 million head, compared […]

Cooler and damper outlook for pollinating U.S. corn crop

Jul. 19, 2013 at 2:29 pm CDT

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Crop-friendly weather for U.S. Midwest into autumn: NOAA

Jul. 18, 2013 at 5:02 pm CDT

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Saskatchewan crops in good shape despite storm damage

Jul. 18, 2013 at 11:15 am CDT

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Soybeans rise for 3rd session on weather-damage fears

Jul. 17, 2013 at 9:02 am CDT

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Oil exec says ethanol RINs ‘out of control,’ urges action

Jul. 16, 2013 at 4:12 pm CDT

A leading U.S. oil executive urged legislators on Tuesday to relax a requirement to use renewable fuel in gasoline, blaming an “out of control” market in biofuel credits known as RINs for adding to fuel costs in a recent run-up in gasoline prices. At a Senate Energy Committee hearing, lawmakers […]

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Mosaic to slow potash production

Jul. 16, 2013 at 3:01 pm CDT

Mosaic Co will run its Canadian potash mines at less than 75 per cent of capacity collectively for maintenance in the current third quarter, as prices for the crop nutrient slip. The U.S. fertilizer company will curtail production at its Colonsay, Sask. mine, chief financial officer Larry Stranghoener said on […]

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U.S. crop weather not picture-perfect, but pretty good

Jul. 15, 2013 at 3:10 pm CDT

Corn and soybean growing weather in the U.S. Midwest this week will not be ideal, but overall it should be satisfactory in most key acreage areas, agricultural meteorologists said on Monday. • Global Weather Monitoring said the forecasts were not perfect for crop-growing conditions but it also will not be […]

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CEO says half Smithfield’s U.S. pork will soon be off ractopamine

May. 15, 2013 at 5:12 pm CDT

Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, said Tuesday it will soon raise half of its hogs on feed that does not contain the additive ractopamine, a lean-muscle-promoting drug that has been banned in China and Russia. Two Smithfield plants, which handle 43,000 hogs a day or about 10 per […]

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Flooding, barge accidents halt Mississippi River traffic

Apr. 22, 2013 at 12:34 pm CDT

Barge shipping on the Illinois River and parts of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Monday as flooding forced the closure of numerous locks and as crews worked to recover dozens of barges that broke free in flood-swollen currents. The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi between river […]

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