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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn climb, rallying from last week’s lows

Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit three-week highs on Monday on bargain buying and a technical rebound from long-term lows established last week, traders said. Corn also firmed at the Chicago Board of Trade while wheat ended mixed, with nearby contracts pressured by larger-than-expected deliveries against the December […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in two weeks on dry Plains forecast

Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

Nov. 30, 2015 at 5:50 pm CST

By Chris Prentice

Dreyfus family members reported asking to be bought out

Nov. 30, 2015 at 1:48 am CST

By Reuters

Argentina ag minister says grain export taxes on way out

Nov. 29, 2015 at 2:32 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles ahead of deliveries, pressured by dollar

Nov. 27, 2015 at 6:14 pm CST

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell to a 2-1/2-month low on Friday, pressured by expectations of big deliveries next week and strength in the U.S. dollar, during a shortened trading session after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Expectations of big wheat deliveries, starting with first notice day on Monday for December […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Cattle up for week, first time since October

Nov. 27, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures edged higher on Friday, capping their first weekly gain in five weeks as wintry weather across the central U.S. slowed the movement of cattle to market. Storms from New Mexico to Illinois that brought ice, snow and pounding rain caused […]

By Michael Hirtzer

China plans to cut domestic corn prices to shrink stockpiles

Nov. 27, 2015 at 4:55 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — Beijing plans to cut local corn prices for a second year as it pushes to reignite stalled demand from its crisis-hit grain processors and whittle down the world’s biggest corn stockpile, industry sources said. In its latest move to boost a sector that has struggled with […]

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

Brazil court probing state-backed loans to JBS

Nov. 27, 2015 at 4:25 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal accounts court, the TCU, said it had identified irregularities on loans to JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, and is deepening an investigation into the company’s relationship with state-run lender BNDES. The TCU is probing loans used to purchase U.S.-companies Swift and […]

By Caroline Stauffer

Russia-Turkey tensions stymie new wheat deals

Nov. 27, 2015 at 3:59 pm CST

Reuters — Political tension between Russia and Turkey has put a brake on new wheat deals between the two countries and created uncertainty about existing agreements, traders said Thursday. Relations between Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, and Turkey, the largest buyer of Russian wheat, have quickly deteriorated […]

By Polina Devitt Sarah McFarlane