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Grains merchant ADM slides on fresh accounting errors, profit forecast cut

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:49 am CST

Archer-Daniels-Midland shares fell eight per cent premarket on Tuesday after the global grains merchant cut its adjusted annual profit forecast and said it would amend its previous financial statements after finding fresh accounting irregularities.

Significant rainfall benefits wheat in Argentina’s southern farmland

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:35 am CST

By Reuters

Bird flu detected in pigs – here’s why virologists are concerned

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:32 am CST

By Ed Hutchinson The Conversation via Reuters Connect

U.S. livestock: Hog futures retreat from contract highs last week

Nov. 4, 2024 at 5:26 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures advance on improved US export demand

Nov. 4, 2024 at 5:02 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Brazilian soybeans/corn turn around, but jury out on Argentina

Nov. 4, 2024 at 3:26 pm CST

Things have been greatly improving for Brazilian soybean and corn crops, while the jury is still out for Argentina, said Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

October weather did not favour Ukraine’s winter crops, scientists say

Nov. 4, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

October weather, as well as in September, was unfavourable for the development of Ukrainian winter crops, most of which lack moisture, analyst APK-Inform quoted the Ukrainian national agricultural academy as saying on Monday.

By Reuters

Trump’s tariffs would reorder trade flows, raise costs, draw retaliation

Nov. 4, 2024 at 9:40 am CST

Iowa farmer Bob Hemesath is worried that U.S. agriculture will pay dearly if Donald Trump wins Tuesday's presidential election and makes good on a vow to swiftly impose a 60 per cent tariff on Chinese goods and at least a 10 per cent levy on all other imports.

By David Lawder Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs as strong demand fuels rally

Nov. 1, 2024 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures set new contract highs on Friday as strong domestic and export demand, particularly for U.S. pork bellies and ham, drove the market upward, analysts said. Live cattle futures touched a one-month low, while feeder cattle recovered after reaching the lowest […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn ticks up on export demand, easing harvest pressure

Nov. 1, 2024 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ticked up on Friday as export demand for U.S. crops swelled and harvest pressure eased, analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower in choppy trading after rising earlier on U.S. export sales. Wheat futures also eased as rains over dry regions of the U.S. […]

By Heather Schlitz Reuters