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Egypt’s parliament to look into wheat fraud allegations

Jun. 29, 2016 at 2:47 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s parliament has set up a fact-finding commission that will look into allegations of corruption in local wheat procurement. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, this month announced a government-led inspection of wheat silos after an unusually high procurement figure prompted allegations of possible fraud from […]

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

Jun. 29, 2016 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

Jun. 28, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise, corn flat, wheat weak

Jun. 28, 2016 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on short-covering, hogs mostly higher

Jun. 28, 2016 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on uncertain weather, strong exports

Jun. 27, 2016 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, retracing a portion of last week’s heavy declines, as attention turned to weather risks and strong export demand ahead of closely watched U.S. government crop reports, analysts said. Wheat futures sank on harvest reports of large U.S. yields at a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

June U.S. hog herd unexpectedly climbs to record high

Jun. 25, 2016 at 1:13 am CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the March-May quarter rose two per cent to a record high versus a year ago, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture report, which exceeded most analysts’ forecasts. Farmers added to their herds due to affordable feed, strong U.S. pork export demand and […]

By Theopolis Waters

Big U.S. cattle placements in May point to more meat in Q3

Jun. 25, 2016 at 1:08 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle placed in U.S. feedlots for fattening surged by 10 per cent in May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday in data that suggested beef supplies will be ample and prices potentially lower in the third quarter of 2016. However, analysts polled by Reuters […]

By Michael Hirtzer

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

Jun. 25, 2016 at 1:02 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the […]

By Alissa de Carbonnel

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on Brexit fallout

Jun. 24, 2016 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybeans fell on Friday, caught up in a broad commodity sell-off as investors shed risky assets following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Wheat was mixed, with the front-month Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract eking out a small […]

By Mark Weinraub