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California drought will cost thousands of farm jobs, study says

May. 20, 2014 at 3:13 am CDT

Sacramento | Reuters — California’s drought will cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs and cost farmers in the state’s Central Valley breadbasket US$1.7 billion, researchers said in the first economic study of what may be the state’s driest year on record. The most populous U.S. state is in […]

U.S. livestock: Tight supply outlook rallies CME feeder cattle to new high

May. 20, 2014 at 1:27 am CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Honeybees still dying at worrisome rate: USDA

May. 17, 2014 at 3:36 am CDT

By Carey Gillam

El Nino weather hits many crops, boosts soybeans: study

May. 17, 2014 at 3:08 am CDT

By alister-doyle

Weather weighs in with virus on U.S. hog weights

May. 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Tight supplies drop U.S. April cattle placements

May. 16, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month fell five per cent from a year ago after prolonged drought in parts of the U.S. hurt crops, which led to fewer cattle for feedyards to draw from for fattening, a government report showed Friday. The […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain ahead of USDA report

May. 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle gained modestly on Friday as investors tweaked positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect the data to show cattle placements last month declined from April 2013 after several years of drought […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures drop on cash price unease

May. 15, 2014 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by uneasiness about cash hog price direction amid ample supplies and slim packer margins, traders said. On Thursday, packers processed 413,000 hogs, 17,000 more than last week and up 8,000 from a year ago, the U.S. Department […]

By Theopolis Waters

EU cereal crop outlook seen as good despite dry spell

May. 15, 2014 at 5:10 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Cereal crops in the European Union remain generally in good condition, despite a recent dry spell, and on course to post better-than-average yields in this year’s harvest, the EU’s crop monitoring unit said on Monday. It cut sharply its outlook for this year’s grain maize yield […]

Deere posts higher-than-expected profit, trims forecast

May. 15, 2014 at 5:05 am CDT

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit but trimmed its outlook for full-year sales of farm equipment, citing deteriorating conditions in South America and the former Soviet Union. Sales of the company’s green-and-yellow tractors and harvesters fell a worse-than-expected 12 per cent during the second […]

By james-b-kelleher