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YOUTH AG-SUMMIT: Food challenges in focus

Aug. 25, 2015 at 4:59 pm CDT

Feeding the nine billion-plus people expected to be living on our planet by 2050, from a land base that’s not expected to get any bigger, is the question posed to young “thought leaders” at this year’s Youth Ag-Summit. Grainews and Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther is in Canberra this […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs surge on pork export optimism

Aug. 24, 2015 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Farmers in soy powerhouse Argentina start five-day sales strike

Aug. 24, 2015 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Hugh Bronstein

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

Aug. 24, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Monsanto sweetens offer for Syngenta

Aug. 24, 2015 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Mike Stone P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: China woes push soy to six-year low, soyoil to nine-year low

Aug. 24, 2015 at 3:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to their lowest levels in over six years on Monday and soyoil touched a nine-year low as concerns about China’s faltering economy fuelled selloffs in commodities and equities markets. Broad selling pressured markets early as investors rushed for the exits after stock […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Futures slump on weather, China gloom

Aug. 21, 2015 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures fell on Friday as investor jitters about China’s economy continued to cool confidence in commodity markets and early data from a recent industry crop tour showed strong yield potential in the western Corn Belt. Corn made a modest weekly gain after […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Economic fears slam CME live cattle, hogs

Aug. 21, 2015 at 3:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply lower on Friday as global economic turmoil sparked fears of a U.S. meat export slowdown, traders and analysts said. Spot-August futures closed 1.05 cents/lb. lower at 145.425 cents, and October 2.475 cents lower at 143.85 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce from six-year low

Aug. 20, 2015 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded from near six-year lows on Thursday in a short-covering bounce and as weekly government data showed solid soybean and soymeal export sales last week. Corn edged higher, hovering close to last session’s one-week peak after field reports from an annual crop tour […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise with cash bids

Aug. 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday, supported by short-covering after packers hiked bids for unsold market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. Spot-August futures closed 1.225 cents/lb. higher at 146.475 cents, and October 1.175 cents higher at 146.325 cents (all figures US$). Processors in […]

By Theopolis Waters