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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower

Dec. 15, 2014 at 6:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Monday on fund liquidation and bearish fundamentals, traders said. December ended down 0.075 cent per pound at 161.975 cents and February ended 0.425 cent/lb. lower at 161.75 cents (all figures US$). Even though the overall supply of […]

Argentine state bank to cut off farmers who hoard soy

Dec. 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein

Syngenta sees China approving contentious GM corn soon

Dec. 12, 2014 at 8:05 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, lean hogs end lower

Dec. 12, 2014 at 6:24 pm CST

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Corn soars to five-month peak on technicals, fund buying

Dec. 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Cargill says will go it alone on Nutreco deal

Dec. 11, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

Amsterdam | Reuters –– U.S. commodities company Cargill said on Thursday it would bid alone for Dutch animal feed company Nutreco and pledged not to break up the business to try to capture the initiative from rival bidder SHV. Shares in global fish and animal feed supplier Nutreco rose more […]

By Reuters

Major storm hits drought-stricken California

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:43 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — A Pacific storm lashed drought-parched northern and central California on Thursday with heavy rain and high winds, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights, washing out roads and prompting school closures in the Bay Area. Nearly 240 departing and incoming commercial […]

By Curtis Skinner Emmett Berg

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies late, ends up on fund buying

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied 2.6 per cent on Thursday, ending a choppy trading session with a late-day surge on short-covering and fund buying amid talk of a slowdown in exports from Russia. Corn futures rose to a one-month high on strong export sales and technical buying, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle future tumble three-cent limit

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Thinly traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures closed down their three cents per pound maximum daily price limit Thursday on sell stops and deferred-month live cattle market selling, traders said. The day’s corn price gains hastened CME feeder cattle losses. Traders cited the exchange’s slipping […]

By Theopolis Waters

Poland’s top court says ban on kosher slaughter unconstitutional

Dec. 10, 2014 at 6:11 pm CST

Warsaw | Reuters — Poland’s top court ruled Wednesday a ban on traditional Jewish slaughter methods was unconstitutional, bringing relief to Jews in a country scarred by Nazi Germany’s Holocaust. A previous 2012 court verdict had effectively banned Jewish production of kosher meat, backing animal rights groups who said it […]

By Reuters