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U.S. SEC announces settlement with AgFeed over accounting fraud

Sep. 15, 2014 at 7:12 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — A Tennessee animal feed company will pay back US$18 million in alleged illicit profits to settle civil accounting fraud charges, U.S. regulators said Monday. AgFeed Industries, which is currently in bankruptcy, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in March in connection with charges that […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close mixed after volatile day

Sep. 15, 2014 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures rise; wheat dips on supply glut

Sep. 15, 2014 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Farmaceuticals: Poultry firms systematically feed low-dose antibiotics to flocks

Sep. 15, 2014 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Brian Grow P.J. Huffstutter

Farmaceuticals: Problems at Foster Farms plants emerged amid salmonella outbreak

Sep. 15, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Farmaceuticals: U.S. FDA has vetted just seven per cent of animal antibiotics for superbug risk

Sep. 15, 2014 at 4:40 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Scientists fear the widespread use of antibiotics on the farm may be a factor in the rise of “superbugs” — bacteria that grow resistant to drugs, infect humans and defy conventional medicines. PART 3 OF A SERIES: Visit Part 1 and Part 2 here, or […]

By Michael Erman

Early freeze looms for some crops amid U.S. bumper grain forecast

Sep. 12, 2014 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Maturing corn and soybeans in the northern U.S. Midwest may see an early freeze this weekend that could damage crops still far behind in development, with agronomists saying this year’s record harvests may be trimmed. Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin crops are immature after late planting […]

By Christine Stebbins

Cargill suing Syngenta over sale of GM corn banned by China

Sep. 12, 2014 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill, the top U.S. grain exporter, sued a unit of Syngenta in a Louisiana state court on Friday for damages stemming from China’s rejection of genetically modified U.S. corn, which Cargill said cost the company more than US$90 million. Minnesota-based Cargill accuses Syngenta of exposing the […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

Fertilizer firm ICL files for U.S. listing

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:52 pm CDT

Reuters — Israel Chemicals Ltd., a Tel Aviv-based maker of fertilizer and specialty chemicals, filed with U.S. regulators to list on the New York Stock Exchange. ICL set a nominal fundraising target of about $522.4 million though an initial public offering of 62 million ordinary shares, it said in a […]

U.S. grains: Wheat to four-year lows on rising world supplies

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to a four-year low on Friday and posted their biggest weekly loss since July on weak export prospects and rising global supplies, traders said. Corn futures followed wheat lower but held above the previous day’s multiyear lows, and soybeans firmed, underpinned by […]

By Julie Ingwersen