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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy move on weather, interest from China

Oct. 14, 2015 at 5:30 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– It’s a game of follow-the-leader in corn and soybean markets at the Chicago Board of Trade, according to one analyst — and short-term, neither looks especially bullish. “Beans have been the leader, corn is the follower, because we’re getting into the teeth of harvest,” said Scott Capinegro, […]

Hog supplies grow as U.S. hog weights rise seasonally

Oct. 14, 2015 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Higher cash price outlook lifts CME live cattle

Oct. 14, 2015 at 5:03 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Global markets: Japan, Germany cut economic forecasts

Oct. 14, 2015 at 4:34 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulses: Pulse Australia recruits top scientist

Oct. 14, 2015 at 4:28 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

World weather worth watching as winter hits Canada

Oct. 14, 2015 at 3:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Harvest is wrapping up in Western Canada, but seeding is just starting in other parts of the world. Here are a few of the top market influencers traders and farmers are watching heading into winter. El Nino in the Southern Hemisphere – The Southern Hemisphere is starting […]

By Jade Markus

PM Beef to shut Minnesota plant, cites tight cattle supply

Oct. 13, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

Reuters — PM Beef will close its southwestern Minnesota beef processing plant on Dec. 11, due to tight cattle supplies, the company said Tuesday. The company announced the Windom plant’s closure to employees and owners during meetings Monday, according to local media. Prices for slaughter cattle last year hit record […]

By Theopolis Waters

Treasury Wine to buy Diageo U.K., U.S. wine assets

Oct. 13, 2015 at 5:30 pm CDT

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates, the world’s biggest standalone wine maker, said Wednesday it had agreed to buy most of Diageo Plc’s U.S. and British wine operations for US$552 million (C$716 million). Treasury also announced a fully underwritten rights issue to raise around A$486 million (C$460 million) […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans top US$9 on Chinese demand

Oct. 13, 2015 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures traded at the highest levels in nearly two months, topping US$9 a bushel on fresh export demand from top buyer China and global weather worries, analysts said. Wheat and corn also climbed, with wheat up more than two per cent after a four-session […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly weak

Oct. 13, 2015 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts ended moderately lower on Tuesday, with October helped by the upturn in wholesale beef prices and anticipation of higher cash prices later in the week, traders said. But, they said, profit-taking and uneasiness about cattle supplies in the coming […]

By Theopolis Waters