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U.S. livestock: Follow-through buying carries CME cattle to eight-week highs

Jan. 18, 2024 at 5:33 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures stormed to their highest levels in about eight weeks on Thursday amid follow-through buying, traders said.

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end higher after setting multi-year lows

Jan. 18, 2024 at 5:25 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

China’s embrace of GMO crops gains momentum with new import, planting approvals

Jan. 18, 2024 at 10:43 am CST

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

Red Sea crisis cutting farm exports from Ukraine, minister says

Jan. 18, 2024 at 10:22 am CST

By emma-farge Pavel Polityuk Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures drop near two-year low, corn sets three-year low

Jan. 17, 2024 at 5:12 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures hit November highs as traders focus on harsh US winter

Jan. 17, 2024 at 5:03 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures touched their highest prices since November on Wednesday after severe winter weather has slowed weight gains for livestock and disrupted slaughtering, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Virtually no upside for canola

Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:32 pm CST

With 2024 well underway, canola has very little reason to get excited, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA estimates, weather pulling prices down

Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:22 pm CST

Corn and soybean contracts hit new lows, while wheat saw its weakest prices in nearly two months on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) during the week ended Jan. 17.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

What is war fatigue?

Jan. 17, 2024 at 11:21 am CST

As we approached the end of December, my mood, like that of most Ukrainians, was not at all Christmassy. The heroic achievement of 2022, when our lives hung in the balance and our defenders managed to repel the enemy, was replaced by the bloody routine of 2023.

By Ihor Pavliuk

Philippines bans poultry imports from California, Ohio to prevent bird flu spread

Jan. 17, 2024 at 10:54 am CST

The Philippines' farm ministry said on Wednesday it has banned poultry imports from California and Ohio in the United States because of several outbreaks there of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

By Reuters