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Bunge chief expects soy crushing margins in China to improve

Apr. 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Barcarena, Brazil | Reuters — Poor soy crushing margins in China that have led the country to default on soy purchases are short term and should improve in two to three months, Bunge Ltd.’s CEO says. Soren Schroder was in Brazil for Friday’s inauguration of Bunge’s new terminal in Barcarena […]

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally for fourth day; soybeans climb

Apr. 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb before USDA report

Apr. 25, 2014 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Guenther: Amid tension in Ukraine, positive change sought for farmers

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Ardent flour merger closer to completion with mill sale

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:28 pm CDT

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on dry weather concerns, Ukraine tension

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two per cent on Thursday on concerns about dry conditions in the U.S. Plains winter wheat belt and some key production areas of Western Europe as well as worries about tensions in eastern Ukraine. Soybeans bounced back on bargain-buying after shedding […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit new high as corn prices slip

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Back-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday set new contract highs, sparked by weak corn prices that could help ease input costs for feedlots, traders said. Feeder cattle futures drew more support from buying in the neighbouring CME live cattle pit. May feeders gained […]

By Theopolis Waters

Long fund position could be bearish for CBOT soybeans

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Old-crop soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, with new-crop values seeing less severe losses. The narrowing in of the old crop/new crop spread was a feature of the week’s activity. Going forward, the trend looks to bearish, […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: Fund buying pushes CME hogs two per cent higher

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, with some months up the three-cent limit, driven by fund buying after contracts punched through moving average levels, traders said. May hogs closed up 2.95 cents per pound at 123.975 (all figures US$). June and […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn gains on firm cash market, rain-delayed planting

Apr. 23, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures advanced for a second straight session on Wednesday, adding more than one per cent on firm cash markets and as cooler and wetter weather in the central U.S. stalled planting of the crop in the western corn belt. Soybeans were mixed, with nearby […]

By Karl Plume