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Brazil floods hit food silos, disrupt routes to major grains port

May. 7, 2024 at 4:38 pm CDT

Heavy flooding in southern Brazil has hit food storage facilities in lower areas while hampering the shipping of grains to port, jeopardizing the nation's exports and wreaking havoc to the economy of Rio Grande do Sul state, a large soy, rice, wheat and meat producer.

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs rise on technical buying

May. 7, 2024 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains back off highs on weather outlook, USDA data

May. 7, 2024 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Kazakhstan wheat crop set to rebound in 2024/25

May. 7, 2024 at 10:02 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn futures extend surge on volatile global weather

May. 6, 2024 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed, hog futures lower, amid demand questions

May. 6, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended Monday mixed, after conflicting market signals sent feeder cattle futures lower and nearby live cattle contracts slightly higher. Lean hog futures eased, as market participants wrestled with growing uncertainty over consumer demand for meat as the U.S. enters into the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Tyson Foods shares sink on worries over consumer demand, third quarter

May. 6, 2024 at 12:52 pm CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods TSN.N shares were on track for their worst one-day decline in a year on Monday after the U.S. meatpacker warned that consumers are under pressure from persistent inflation and high commodity costs could weigh on upcoming results. The Arkansas-based meatpacker reported second-quarter sales that fell short […]

By Granth Vanaik Tom Polansek

France revamps pesticide reduction plan in wake of farmer unrest

May. 6, 2024 at 12:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters – France unveiled on Monday a revised plan to halve pesticide use in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, pledging to adopt an EU indicator and boost research into alternatives in a nod to grievances voiced in farmer protests this year. Why it’s important Environmental regulation was […]

By Gus Trompiz Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: CME cattle stabilize after bird flu roils markets

May. 3, 2024 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures stabilized on Friday after U.S. testing of ground beef samples for H5N1 bird flu fuelled wild swings, but markets still closed lower for the week. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures had rallied on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn hits 3-month high; soy, wheat climbs on weather

May. 3, 2024 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures rose on Friday to their highest level since January before turning lower and soybeans reached a one-month peak as floods disrupted harvests in top exporter Brazil and disease ate into Argentina’s corn crop, analysts said. Wheat futures hit a one-week high on renewed concerns over dry […]

By Renee Hickman