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U.S. livestock: CME hogs at three-month low on cash, pork prices

Dec. 11, 2017 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs drifted to a three-month bottom on Monday, in response to lower cash and wholesale pork prices, said traders. Sell stops and deferred-month future’s premiums to CME’s hog index for Dec. 7 at 65.48 cents further weighed on contracts. December hogs, which […]

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

Dec. 8, 2017 at 6:30 pm CST

By Foo Yun Chee

U.S. livestock: Live cattle extend slide on long liquidation

Dec. 8, 2017 at 6:24 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Study finds canola oil unhelpful against Alzheimer’s in mice

Dec. 8, 2017 at 6:12 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat hits contract lows

Dec. 8, 2017 at 4:17 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Russia to boost grain transport subsidies in 2018

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:37 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia will spend two billion roubles (C$43 million) in grain transportation subsidies to help to speed exports in 2018, the deputy agriculture minister said on Thursday. Already among the world’s largest wheat exporters, Russia is trying to step up a gear after this year’s record crop, […]

By Reuters

Ukraine’s parliament extends ban on farmland sales

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:22 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to extend a ban on the sale of agricultural land by one year, delaying what financial backers say is a key reform essential to Ukraine’s long-term economic growth. The bill was backed by 236 lawmakers, narrowly over the 226 required […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle sag for sixth straight session

Dec. 7, 2017 at 6:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle futures fell Thursday for a sixth straight session, pressured by fund-driven long liquidation, falling cash cattle prices and softening wholesale beef demand, traders said. “Fund liquidation continues be a factor in the meat complex, although lower product prices are adding […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say

Dec. 7, 2017 at 5:17 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump is open to reforming the country’s biofuels policy if it can be done in a way that protects jobs in both the refining and agriculture industries, senators said on Thursday after a meeting with Trump on the issue. Nine lawmakers had requested […]

By Susan Cornwell

JBS says listing of U.S. unit remains priority

Dec. 7, 2017 at 4:07 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said listing a subsidiary in the U.S. remained a priority, even as two controlling shareholders in the company remain in jail for insider trading and their role in a corruption scandal. The long-planned initial public offering of its processed food subsidiary […]

By Reuters