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U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking but gain for week

Jul. 1, 2016 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell more than one per cent on Friday, snapping their longest streak of gains in a month as investors locked in profits ahead of the three-day July 4 holiday weekend, traders said. Feeder cattle futures also slumped in a profit-taking setback while […]

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs

Jun. 30, 2016 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Adam DeRose

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up fourth straight day

Jun. 30, 2016 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

EU farming chief wants rapid Brexit talks, plans new dairy aid

Jun. 30, 2016 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hogan

U.S. grains: USDA report pushes wheat to six-year low, corn to 11-week low

Jun. 30, 2016 at 2:01 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers surprisingly boost corn plantings, soy acres at record

Jun. 30, 2016 at 1:55 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers seeded more corn and soybeans than they had initially planned to during the spring, taking advantage of a rallying futures market and good weather to plant as much acreage as possible, government data showed on Thursday. The robust plantings will likely add to an […]

By Mark Weinraub

Online U.S. cattle auction halts activity

Jun. 29, 2016 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Organizers of an online U.S. cattle auction that ranchers and traders had hoped would help restore transparency to livestock pricing nationwide said on Wednesday they would suspend activity indefinitely after just four sessions. The Fed Cattle Exchange, which held its first live feeder cattle auction on […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to fall on weather, post-report

Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving into position ahead of two key reports, but following that data, the market will shift back into weather trading, one U.S. analyst says. Corn — Corn futures moved lower on the week ended Wednesday, as […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: Cash optimism lifts live cattle third straight day

Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for a third day in a row on Wednesday, with help from expectations of steady or better cash prices by week’s end, traders said. June live cattle, which expires on Thursday, closed 1.825 cents/lb. higher at 118.9 cents. Most […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall sharply

Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday, extending their decline under pressure from the ongoing harvest of a bountiful crop in the Plains and the Midwest which threatens to add to a glut of supplies that is largely being shunned by overseas buyers. Corn futures also dropped, […]

By Mark Weinraub