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U.S. livestock: Live cattle rally to three-week high

Oct. 24, 2016 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for a third consecutive session to their highest level in three weeks, fueled by Friday’s strong cash prices and the U.S. government’s bullish monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed two per […]

U.S. grains: Soy jumps on vegetable oils’ gains

Oct. 24, 2016 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Ukrlandfarming owner in talks to sell stake

Oct. 24, 2016 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Reuters

China busts gang selling expired dairy products

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

Syngenta slumps after EU watchdog sparks ChemChina deal doubts

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:43 pm CDT

By Foo Yun Chee Oliver Hirt

Belgian internal feud blocks EU-Canada trade deal

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:31 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union’s hopes of signing a landmark free trade deal with Canada this week appeared to evaporate on Monday as the Belgian federal government failed to win the consent of French-speaking regional authorities. European Council President Donald Tusk had given Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel […]

By philip-blenkinsop Robert-Jan Bartunek

World wine output seen at four-year low

Oct. 21, 2016 at 7:15 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters –– Worldwide wine production is expected to fall this year to its lowest since 2012, chiefly due to adverse weather that sharply cut output in France and South America, wine body OIV estimated on Thursday. Global wine output is set to decrease by five per cent compared […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on technical buying

Oct. 21, 2016 at 5:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Friday on technical buying, bucking pressure from the harvest of a record-large U.S. soy crop and a strengthening dollar, analysts said. Corn also advanced while wheat fell, anchored by plentiful domestic and global stocks. At the CBOT, November […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit two-week high on technical buying

Oct. 21, 2016 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a roughly two-week high on Friday, boosted by chart-based buying ahead of a government supply report that was released after the close, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle extended steep gains from the previous session, with the two-day percentage […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Canada walks out of trade talks with ‘incapable’ EU

Oct. 21, 2016 at 12:32 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Canada’s trade minister walked out of talks in Belgium on Friday, declaring that the European Union was incapable of sealing a planned transatlantic free trade deal designed to boost growth in both economies. All 28 EU governments support the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but […]

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