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U.S. livestock: Live cattle sharply higher, shrug off USDA report

Jun. 26, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Monday, with the August contract up the three-cent per pound daily price limit, helped by buy stops and fund buying, said traders. They said Monday morning’s wholesale beef price upswing and back-month futures’ discounts to last […]

Burger King pledges to end deforestation by 2030

Jun. 23, 2017 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Chris Arsenault

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

Jun. 23, 2017 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Nate Raymond

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

Jun. 23, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Brazil farm minister heads to U.S. over fresh beef ban

Jun. 23, 2017 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Bruno Federowski roberto-samora

U.S. grains: Spring wheat at 2-1/2-year high, corn at six-month low

Jun. 23, 2017 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– MGEX spring wheat futures jumped to a 2-1/2-year high on Friday and Chicago Board of Trade corn futures dipped to a six-month low in technically driven trade amid an outlook for generally favourable U.S. crop weather, traders said. Soybean futures touched the lowest levels in more […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. bans fresh Brazil beef imports over safety concerns

Jun. 22, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The United States halted imports of fresh Brazilian beef on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, after a high percentage of shipments failed to pass safety checks. USDA had “recurring concerns about the safety of the products intended for the American market,” after increasing tests […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month low, corn two-month low

Jun. 22, 2017 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 17-month low and corn fell to a roughly two-month low on Thursday, pressured by forecasts for cooler weather conditions that could reduce stress on developing crops, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures followed corn lower, declining for […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag with cash, beef prices

Jun. 22, 2017 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a second straight day on Thursday, pressured by fallen cash and wholesale beef values, said traders. June, which will expire on June 30, closed 0.875 cent/lb. lower at 118.625 cents (all figures US$). Most actively-traded August finished 1.075 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

Jun. 22, 2017 at 1:44 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — A court that ordered the suspension of Egypt’s food inspection system based its ruling in part on the quarantine service’s right to ban grain imports with any trace of the ergot fungus, raising the possibility the contested rule could be restored. The government’s new food inspection […]

By Arwa Gaballa Eric Knecht