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U.S. livestock: CME nearby live cattle firm, deferred months weak

Apr. 16, 2018 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly weaker on Monday, with traders locking in profits after prices rose on Friday. Lingering concerns over a snowstorm that covered northern areas of the Midwest and Plains provided support to some nearby contracts, a trader said. But overall, […]

Steel tariff shrapnel hits U.S. farmers

Apr. 14, 2018 at 1:18 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

Apr. 13, 2018 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. to export pork to Argentina after 26 years

Apr. 13, 2018 at 5:06 pm CDT

By David Lawder Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle settle mixed, hogs firmer

Apr. 13, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close higher

Apr. 12, 2018 at 7:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle hit a two-week high Thursday, driven by short-covering and futures’ discounts to this week’s prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle, said traders. Remaining cash prices in parts of the northern U.S. Plains might benefit from tight cattle supplies along with forecasts […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

Apr. 12, 2018 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on reminders of ample world supplies and strong competition for export business, along with some forecasts for much-needed rains next week in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on export demand for U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Bayer to sell digital farming business to BASF

Apr. 11, 2018 at 9:04 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Germany’s Bayer plans to sell its digital farming business to BASF as part of changes to concessions it has offered to win over antitrust regulators for its proposed takeover of Monsanto . Bayer, which had previously only agreed to grant a licence to competitors, said on […]

By Ludwig Burger

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

Apr. 11, 2018 at 8:53 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with […]

By Chris Prentice Jarrett Renshaw

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:51 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a wild week in which the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market plunged, following China announcing tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans, it has recovered. China on Thursday announced plans for a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. soybean imports in retaliation of previously announced […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm