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U.S. livestock: Hogs slump in reversal on pork price declines

Aug. 16, 2016 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures declined by as much as 3.8 per cent on Tuesday, reversing from earlier three-week highs on fund selling linked to declines in wholesale pork prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures also eased but saw smaller declines than hog prices as […]

Lack of grain storage seen as record Russian crop looms

Aug. 16, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Trump names six U.S. governors as ag advisors

Aug. 16, 2016 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering

Aug. 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Egypt tightens import quarantine rules on grains

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings of an 18-year study. The new research covered 62 species of bee found […]

By Kate Kelland

Egypt public prosecutor orders 13 arrested in wheat corruption case

Aug. 15, 2016 at 6:34 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of 13 people for 15 days pending an investigation into their role in a wheat procurement corruption scandal, judicial sources said on Saturday. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, has been mired in controversy over its wheat supplies, with […]

By Reuters

Britain to plug EU funding gap for farms, colleges

Aug. 15, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds (C$7.5 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and others who got EU funding were […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain as soyoil rallies

Aug. 15, 2016 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean future surged 2.8 per cent on Monday to their highest in more than three weeks, supported by strong export demand and a rally in the soyoil market, traders said. The gains in soybeans pulled corn higher, but wheat closed lower as traders locked in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up again on cash, pork prices

Aug. 15, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed higher for a second consecutive session on Monday, buoyed by stronger cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. October ended 2.5 cents/lb. higher at 62.5 cents and December finished up 2.075 cents to 57.025 (all figures US$). Cash hog […]

By Theopolis Waters