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U.S. livestock: Supply growth worries sink CME live cattle

Mar. 2, 2017 at 3:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped on Thursday, with pressure from profit-taking partly fueled by increased supply expectations, traders said. April live cattle closed 1.425 cents/lb. lower at 116.15 cents, and June closed 1.075 cents lower at 106.725 cents (all figures US$). “I’m surprised at […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rises amid biofuel uncertainty

Mar. 1, 2017 at 5:12 pm CST

By Dave Sims

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look for fire behind the smoke

Mar. 1, 2017 at 5:04 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat ends up three per cent

Mar. 1, 2017 at 4:28 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

India considering reinstating wheat import tax

Mar. 1, 2017 at 2:07 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters –– India could impose a 25 per cent import tax on wheat by the middle of March, two government sources said on Wednesday, reinstating the tariff after a gap of nearly three months in response to recent large purchases from overseas. India, the world’s second-biggest wheat […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj

WHO says bird flu outbreaks raise alarm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 1:28 pm CST

London | Reuters — The risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9 avian flu in China is low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, but a surge in human cases there is worrying and requires constant monitoring. Outbreaks of H5 bird flu strains in poultry and wild birds across […]

By Kate Kelland

Mexico will only stay in NAFTA if it suits it, minister says

Feb. 28, 2017 at 8:07 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters — A defiant Mexico said on Tuesday it would only stay in NAFTA if it suited it and rejected the imposition of any tariffs or quotas when renegotiating the trade deal U.S President Donald Trump wants to recast to benefit the United States. Trump has vowed […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

Feb. 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday and soyoil futures climbed about four per cent on prospects for changes to the U.S. renewable fuels policy that could boost demand for corn-based ethanol and soy biodiesel, traders said. Both markets pared gains following a White House statement that […]

By Julie Ingwersen

White House denies Trump order on biofuels program

Feb. 28, 2017 at 4:01 pm CST

Reuters — The White House on Tuesday denied that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to issue an executive order to change the national biofuels program, after the U.S. Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said Trump’s team had informed the group an order was pending. Trading in U.S. refinery shares, fuel futures […]

By Chris Prentice