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Brazil to open farmland, airlines to foreign buyers

Jan. 30, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — President Michel Temer will propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines and agricultural land in Brazil as he strives to pull the economy out of a two-year recession, government sources said on Monday. Temer’s centre-right government plans to send Congress a bill allowing […]

U.S. grains: Soy hits two-week low on long liquidation

Jan. 30, 2017 at 5:06 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in three weeks on U.S. placements

Jan. 30, 2017 at 4:49 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Tim Hortons to enter Mexican market

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:55 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. December feedlot cattle placements hit six-year high

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:38 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

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

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled weaker on Friday ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, said traders. Analysts, on average, expect the report to show 8.4 per cent more cattle were placed into U.S. feedlots […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat sets two-week low on supplies, trade jitters

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures touched a two-week low on Friday on plentiful domestic and world supplies and a firmer dollar, which tends to make U.S. grains less competitive, traders said. Corn and soybean futures posted modest declines, with fears of a trade war with Mexico hanging over […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on crop prospects, trade fears

Jan. 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed lower Thursday on improving South American crop prospects and jitters about U.S. trade relationships, analysts said. Wheat futures rose on better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for March delivery settled down 5-3/4 cents at $10.49-1/2 per […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble after again nearing six-month high

Jan. 26, 2017 at 5:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs ended sharply lower on Thursday pressured by weaker initial cash prices and fund liquidation, but not before futures approached a six-month high for a second straight session, said traders. February hogs ended 1.675 cents/lb. lower at 65.85 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Dow’s ledger benefits as economic growth boosts demand

Jan. 26, 2017 at 4:43 pm CST

Reuters — Dow Chemical, which is merging with DuPont, reported strong fourth-quarter results and gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter as its focus on consumer markets benefits from improving economic growth worldwide. The seeds and chemical maker said improving growth in the United States, Latin American and Europe, […]

By Arathy S Nair Swetha Gopinath