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Record-heavy U.S. cattle won’t ground sky-high beef prices

Nov. 26, 2014 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle are hitting record weights and the heavier trend should continue next year, but beef production will still fall short of demand and keep prices high, industry experts said. Breeding bigger cattle is the only way to raise domestic beef supplies while ranchers struggle to rebuild […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall, hogs mixed before holiday

Nov. 26, 2014 at 4:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat highest in over a week on global weather worries

Nov. 26, 2014 at 4:05 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:44 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week high on firm cash, demand for meal

Nov. 25, 2014 at 3:14 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up with beef prices; hogs sag

Nov. 25, 2014 at 2:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Tuesday after a choppy session, lifted by short-covering in response to strong wholesale beef quotes, traders said. December closed 0.65 cent per pound higher at 170.15 cents; February rose one cent, to 171.025 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Uralkali prepares to start repairs at damaged potash mine

Nov. 24, 2014 at 7:35 pm CST

Berezniki, Russia | Reuters — Russia’s Uralkali, the world’s biggest potash producer, is preparing to start repair work at part of the damaged Solikamsk-2 mine, though it is unclear when output of the fertilizer will restart. Production at the mine was halted last week after an inflow of water at […]

By natalia-shurmina

U.S. grains: Corn falls on ample supplies, poor export demand

Nov. 24, 2014 at 5:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell on Monday for a second straight session on lacklustre export demand and plentiful U.S. supplies as a record-large harvest wound down, traders said. Soybeans and wheat also declined. At the CBOT, December corn settled down 5-1/4 cents at $3.67-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump on profit-taking

Nov. 24, 2014 at 5:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower Monday, weighed down by profit-taking and fund liquidation, traders said. December closed 1.4 cents per pound lower at 169.5 cents, and February off 2.125 cents at 170.025 cents (all figures US$). Investors initially sold February and simultaneously bought […]

By Theopolis Waters

ADM suing Syngenta over rejections of GMO corn

Nov. 22, 2014 at 11:45 am CST

Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland sued seed company Syngenta on Wednesday over sales of a genetically modified corn variety not approved for import by China, joining more than 100 farmers and exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss company. The lawsuit alleges Syngenta commercialized the MIR162 corn variety, also known […]

By Karl Plume