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U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on favourable weather

Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slipped about four per cent on Monday as forecasts for favourable weather in the Midwestern crop belt prompted investors to liquidate long positions, traders said. Corn and wheat followed soybeans lower, and declines in the energy sector pressured the broader commodity sector. The […]

IGC raises 2016-17 global wheat, corn forecasts

Jul. 29, 2016 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly weak on month-end positioning

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:31 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy surges on short-covering on way to huge monthly loss

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Slumping cash prices sink CME hogs to four-month low

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as investors eye big U.S. harvests

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures fell one per cent or more on Thursday, pressured by ample existing supplies and largely favourable growing conditions that will likely lead to huge harvests this fall, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures led the declines, with technical […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:42 pm CDT

The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40 per cent, The Guardian in the UK is reporting. Citing research led by Lars Straub at the University of Bern, Switzerland, the report says neonicotinoid pesticides were found to cut […]

By Staff

Tour shows wheat yields in central, Northwestern North Dakota near to or above average

Jul. 27, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Reuters – Spring wheat prospects in central and northwest North Dakota are near to or above average, aided by favourable weather, scouts on one leg of an annual crop tour said on Wednesday. Crop scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s tour travelling one route in west-central North Dakota made three […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures biggest one-day loss in seven months

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slumped nearly four per cent, their biggest daily decline since mid-December 2015, pressured by day’s steep wholesale pork price drop and further cash price weakness, traders said. August hogs finished 2.925 cents per lb lower at 71.675 cents. October ended 2.575 cents per lb lower […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy extends gains on short-covering, weather worries

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures gained for the second straight session on Wednesday on short-covering and worries about dry weather conditions in the key crop development month of August, traders and analysts said. Corn futures also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, primarily on bargain buying, while wheat […]

By Michael Hirtzer