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Monsanto swings to profit on South American demand

Jan. 5, 2017 at 8:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto, in the process of being bought by Germany’s Bayer for US$66 billion, swung to a quarterly profit, helped by higher demand from South America. Sales of soybe2an seeds and traits jumped 37 per cent as more farmers in South America […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle turn lower

Jan. 5, 2017 at 5:11 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as U.S. dollar falls

Jan. 5, 2017 at 5:02 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy positioning ahead of USDA report

Jan. 5, 2017 at 4:56 pm CST

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies live cattle, lean hogs

Jan. 4, 2017 at 4:38 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on bargain buying

Jan. 4, 2017 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.9 per cent on Wednesday on a round of bargain buying following three straight days of declines that pushed the benchmark contract to its lowest since mid-November, traders said. Corn futures rose for the fourth session in a row as investors staked […]

By Mark Weinraub

EU regulators delay ChemChina/Syngenta decision

Jan. 3, 2017 at 5:54 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on ChemChina’s proposed buy of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta by 10 working days, to April 12. Syngenta said in a statement the two companies had asked for the extension to allow “sufficient time […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs retreat from four-month high

Jan. 3, 2017 at 5:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled lower on Tuesday after profit-taking and fund liquidation dropped futures from an early-session four-month high, said traders. February hogs ended 2.65 cents/lb. lower at 63.5 cents (all figures US$). April closed down 1.175 cents, to 66.9 cents. Both contracts finished […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy hits six-week low on South American prospects

Jan. 3, 2017 at 5:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a six-week low on Tuesday on improving South American crop prospects and uncertainty about export demand from China, analysts said. Corn rose on technical buying and expectations that commodity index funds will buy grain next week as they rebalance portfolios. Wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Trump leaning toward Georgia ex-governor to lead USDA

Jan. 3, 2017 at 8:45 am CST

Washington | Reuters — Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s leading candidate to run the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a senior Trump transition team official said on Monday. Perdue, a Democrat-turned-Republican who founded a grain and fertilizer business, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during […]

By Reuters