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Clock ticking to avoid North American food fight

Dec. 16, 2015 at 12:27 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away. The World Trade Organization on Monday authorized Canada and Mexico, the biggest markets […]

Norfolk Southern rejects CP’s revised offer

Dec. 15, 2015 at 5:03 pm CST

By Reuters

French co-op InVivo plans U.S. wine deal, more food shops

Dec. 15, 2015 at 4:53 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution tempers CME live cattle rally

Dec. 15, 2015 at 4:31 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Russia aiming for steady grain crop in 2016

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:20 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on export pressure

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures sank on Tuesday on expectations that U.S. exports will dry up due to increasing competition from South American countries, traders said. Corn futures also weakened, with ample global supplies and technical pressure triggering a round of profit-taking after they rose […]

By Mark Weinraub

COFCO in talks for full ownership of Noble agribusiness

Dec. 15, 2015 at 2:28 pm CST

Reuters — China’s food giant COFCO is in advanced talks to take full ownership of Noble Group’s agribusiness, three sources said, a move which would cement its newfound strength in global agriculture markets and help bolster Noble’s balance sheet. The sources said COFCO was in talks to buy the remaining […]

By Anshuman Daga Sarah McFarlane

Argentina’s Macri ditches wheat, corn, beef export taxes

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:01 am CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he would sign a decree on Monday eliminating corn and wheat export taxes as part of his plan to revitalize the country’s massive farm sector after years of antagonism with the government. The decree will also cut the export tax […]

By Hugh Bronstein

U.S. grains: Short-covering, technical buying spur gains

Dec. 14, 2015 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures firmed on Monday on a round of technical buying and short-covering after prices weakened late last week, traders said. But huge supplies and spotty demand for U.S. supplies on the global market continued to hang over the market, limiting the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat with beef quotes

Dec. 14, 2015 at 4:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures suffered sizable losses on Monday, with slumping wholesale beef values increasing the possibly of further cash price weakness ahead, traders said. Spot December ended down 1.925 cents/lb., to 119.525 cents, and February 1.85 cents lower at 124.4 (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters