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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher but off morning tops

Mar. 14, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled higher after Wednesday’s volatile session, supported by the uptick in wholesale beef values and futures’ discounts to this week’s cash prices, said traders. Futures slipped from session highs due to the looming seasonal bump in supplies and U.S. stocks’ tumble […]

Enjoy stable diesel market while you can, analyst says

Mar. 14, 2018 at 12:53 am CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Mar. 13, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cash prices halt CME hogs’ losing streak

Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads

Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Ginger Gibson

China conditionally approves Bayer’s Monsanto deal

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:29 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — Bayer on Tuesday secured conditional approval from China’s commerce ministry for its planned acquisition of the world No. 1 seed company Monsanto, chalking up a victory in an onerous struggle to win over watchdogs across the globe. The ministry also ordered the German drug and crop […]

By Reuters

BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:13 pm CDT

Bayer has entered “exclusive talks” toward a deal to sell its global Nunhems vegetable seeds business to German chemical firm BASF, to help clear the aisle for a Bayer/Monsanto marriage. Nunhems, which has a portfolio of about 1,200 seed varieties in over two dozen different vegetable crops worldwide, sells seeds […]

By Staff

USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

Mar. 13, 2018 at 2:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and spelled out what it means for the birds to have access to the outdoors. USDA determined it did not […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers seek approval of GMO corn settlement with Syngenta

Mar. 12, 2018 at 8:09 pm CDT

Reuters –– U.S. farmers suing Syngenta over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified (GMO) strain of corn before China approved importing it sought court approval on Monday of a record US$1.51 billion settlement with the Swiss seed company. The deal covers U.S. corn producers, grain handling facilities and ethanol […]

By Brendan Pierson

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy turn higher on technical buying

Mar. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures notched modest gains on Monday, with prices turning higher on technical buying after earlier lows, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures recovered from a three-week low and CBOT wheat from a 1-1/2 week low. CBOT May soybeans settled up […]

By Michael Hirtzer