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Zimbabwe orders illegal settlers to vacate farms

Dec. 14, 2017 at 2:41 am CST

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe’s new agriculture minister on Wednesday ordered illegal occupiers of farms to vacate the land immediately, a move that could ultimately see some white farmers who say they were unfairly evicted return to farming. Perrance Shiri, a military hardliner who was head of the air force […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rebound on short-covering

Dec. 13, 2017 at 6:46 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle give back some Tuesday gains

Dec. 13, 2017 at 6:38 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look vulnerable to downside

Dec. 13, 2017 at 5:34 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Minnesota joins U.S. states limiting dicamba

Dec. 13, 2017 at 9:25 am CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as South American crop prospects improve

Dec. 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell to a three-week low on Tuesday on improving weather in Argentina and rising estimates of Brazil’s soybean crop, while corn and wheat futures hit life-of-contract lows. CBOT January soybeans settled down 6-3/4 cents at $9.75-3/4 a bushel after dipping […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle halt eight-session skid

Dec. 12, 2017 at 4:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Tuesday for the first session in the past nine, aided by short-covering and fund-buying, traders said. “I think that the major reason for the rally is the extreme oversold condition of the cattle futures,” said Joe Ocrant, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. soybean, wheat ending stocks seen up as exports fall

Dec. 12, 2017 at 2:52 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Stockpiles of U.S. soybeans and wheat are expected to rise due to lower export demand amid heightened competition from rival global suppliers, government data on Tuesday showed. In a monthly supply and demand report, the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) raised its ending stocks forecast for domestic […]

By Mark Weinraub

Dreyfus to sell Australian fertilizer unit to Agrium

Dec. 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm CST

Paris/Winnipeg | Reuters — Global commodity trader Louis Dreyfus has agreed to sell its fertilizer business to Canada’s Agrium as it continues an overhaul in response to tough agricultural markets. Louis Dreyfus is to sell Macrofertil Australia, which has annual sales of around US$120 million, to Agrium’s Australian unit Landmark […]

By Reuters

Brazil police serving warrants linked to JBS tax probe

Dec. 11, 2017 at 6:09 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police are serving 14 search warrants on Monday in connection with a bribery probe implicating meatpacker JBS SA and tax authorities, they said in a statement. The raids are based on plea bargain testimony by JBS executives who suggested that 160 million reais […]

By Reuters