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G3 co-owner SALIC looking at Iraq farmland

Feb. 15, 2018 at 1:41 pm CST

Dubai | Reuters –– The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) is looking at more farmland investment opportunities and has its neighbour Iraq on the list. SALIC, an arm of the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), said it was also looking to expand its investments in the Black Sea […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle advance, anticipating firm cash prices

Feb. 14, 2018 at 6:08 pm CST

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy trade watching soymeal commitments

Feb. 14, 2018 at 5:33 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Bayer petitions Russian antitrust watchdog for more time in Monsanto case

Feb. 14, 2018 at 5:00 pm CST

By Ludwig Burger Polina Devitt

U.S. grains: Argentine weather underpins corn, soy

Feb. 14, 2018 at 4:54 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Bunge board backs management after earnings miss, CEO says

Feb. 14, 2018 at 1:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Agricultural merchant Bunge reported a worse-than-expected loss for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, the latest in a string of poor results that has left the company’s management fending off takeover bids from rivals. Several years of abundant grains supply on global markets have made it tough […]

By Karl Plume P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soymeal rally lifts soybean futures

Feb. 13, 2018 at 7:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to a 10-week high on Tuesday, lifted by a surging soymeal market as dry weather in Argentina threatened to reduce crop yields from that key South American supplier, traders said. Wheat futures dropped as a rally fizzled after prices hit six-month highs. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end mixed

Feb. 13, 2018 at 7:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Tuesday, with nearby contracts weighed down by expectations for increased supplies of market-ready cattle beginning next month. Declines were limited by concerns that harsh winter weather last week in northern areas of the U.S. Plains and western […]

By Karl Plume

Farmers Edge to use data to edge into insurance sector

Feb. 13, 2018 at 10:00 am CST

Farmers Edge has signed a four-year agreement with global reinsurance company PartnerRe to bring precision farming technology together with ag insurance. Under the agreement announced this week, the two companies plan to work together to develop new insurance products for the agricultural market. While Canadian farmers have access to government-run, […]

By Leeann Minogue

Eye worm, known only in cattle, found in U.S. woman’s eye

Feb. 13, 2018 at 9:11 am CST

New York | Reuters — An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday. U.S. Centers for […]

By Gina Cherelus