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Oklahoma wildfires kill thousands of pigs

Mar. 10, 2017 at 7:17 pm CST

Reuters — Wildfires devastated a Smithfield Foods hog farm in Laverne, Oklahoma, killing at least several thousand pigs, company and local officials said Friday. The exact number of swine killed in the Oklahoma fire, which began on Monday, was not immediately known. Smithfield did not say how many died in […]

Bayer, Monsanto start asset sale toward merger clearance

Mar. 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend slide on Brazil crop outlook

Mar. 10, 2017 at 5:50 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on higher beef prices, lower corn

Mar. 10, 2017 at 5:42 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

Mar. 9, 2017 at 6:54 pm CST

By Jon Herskovitz

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit two-month low on huge Brazil crop

Mar. 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a two-month low on Thursday, pressured by rising government forecasts for a record-large Brazilian soy harvest, traders said. Corn futures also declined on forecasts for big South American crops, and wheat followed the weak trend. The Chicago Board of Trade May soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle up one per cent

Mar. 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures gained one per cent and live cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday amid rising demand for animals, especially for grazing, traders and analysts said. Greening pastures in the Plains region boosted demand for lighter-weight cattle to feed on grass, with beef […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Paths seen open to post-TPP Pacific trade pact

Mar. 9, 2017 at 2:09 pm CST

Santiago | Reuters — Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile next week, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal, Chile’s head of international trade told Reuters. Representatives from the 12 countries that formed the […]

By Antonio De la Jara Rosalba O'Brien

USDA raises U.S. stocks view as Brazil crop threatens exports

Mar. 9, 2017 at 1:58 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. soybean supplies will be bigger than expected at the end of the marketing year as a record harvest in Brazil will flood the global market, cutting into demand for U.S. exports, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and […]

By Mark Weinraub

Brazil’s female farmers occupy government offices

Mar. 8, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Hundreds of female farmers in Brazil occupied rural government offices on Wednesday in protest against austerity plans which they say disproportionately impact poor women. Protesters who marched across several cities on International Women’s Day said pension reforms and other changes to social […]

By Chris Arsenault