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U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, cash prices drop CME hogs

Oct. 23, 2017 at 3:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following the morning’s cash price drop, traders said. December hogs finished 1.325 cents/lb. lower at 63.525 cents, and February ended 0.875 cent lower at 68.225 cents (all figures US$). Some investors sold futures after […]

U.S. September cattle placements surge

Oct. 20, 2017 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag under weight of harvest

Oct. 20, 2017 at 6:45 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

Oct. 20, 2017 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

Oct. 20, 2017 at 3:06 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw

In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out ‘non-carcinogenic’ findings

Oct. 20, 2017 at 2:48 pm CDT

London | Reuters — The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of glyphosate herbicide that were at odds with its final conclusion that the chemical probably causes cancer. Documents seen by Reuters show how a draft of a key section of […]

By Kate Kelland

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat, corn firm on export demand

Oct. 19, 2017 at 6:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday on supportive export demand and light bargain buying following a three-day slide, along with renewed optimism about demand for soy-based biodiesel fuel, analysts said. Wheat and corn rose on light technical buying and bullish weekly export sales data. Chicago Board […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit two-month high

Oct. 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Thursday, hitting their highest level in two months led by steadily climbing prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs as packers competed for supplies, said traders. December hogs finished 0.5 cent/lb. higher at 64.250 cents, and February ended 0.475 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Brazil court unfreezes JBS owners’ assets

Oct. 19, 2017 at 5:37 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters –– A Brazilian federal appeals court on Thursday granted an injunction releasing assets belonging to the Batista brothers, owners of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA, Ticiano Figueiredo, a lawyer representing the defendants, said. A spokeswoman at the appeals court did not immediately reply to a request […]

By Reuters

JBS shuts seven plants in Brazil after asset freeze

Oct. 18, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA shut down seven slaughterhouses in Mato Grosso do Sul after a court-ordered asset freeze affected its operations in Brazil’s second largest cattle-producing state, a press representative said on Wednesday. The world’s largest meatpacking company said in an emailed statement that the […]

By Reuters