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U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year high on supply outlook, crop conditions

Jul. 13, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday for the fifth straight session, hitting a one-year high on better-than-expected demand and as heavy rains limited the yield potential of the new crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued Friday, surprised investors, showing corn and […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down fourth straight session

Jul. 13, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

ConAgra names activist investor nominees to board

Jul. 10, 2015 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. said considering TPP trade deal without Canada

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Richard Cowan

U.S. grains: Corn sets one-year highs on tighter old-crop U.S. supply

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Fundamental woes extend losses for CME live cattle

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A selloff of Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures carried over into the third straight session on Friday, pressured by diminished seasonal beef demand and sentiment that cash prices may have topped out, traders said. August closed down one cent per pound at 147.475 cents, and […]

By Theopolis Waters

Russia, Ukraine may cut grain crop forecasts as temperatures rise

Jul. 10, 2015 at 1:04 pm CDT

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Major Black Sea wheat exporters Russia and Ukraine may cut their official 2015 grain crop forecasts as recent hot weather has raised the risks to plants and rains elsewhere have delayed the harvest and dented quality, farmers and officials said. Russia and Ukraine’s agriculture ministries have […]

By Pavel Polityuk Polina Devitt

U.S. old-crop soy, corn stocks miss forecasts

Jul. 10, 2015 at 12:52 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday cut its outlook for the supply of corn and soybeans that will be left over at the end of the 2014-15 marketing year by more than expected, sending futures prices sharply higher. But new-crop corn and soybean stocks came in […]

By Mark Weinraub

K+S investors see PotashCorp deal within reach despite rebuff

Jul. 9, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Shareholders in takeover target K+S say a deal could be done because suitor PotashCorp’s main aim is to get control over its German rival’s ambitious Canadian project and scale it back. K+S’s Legacy mine, being built northeast of Moose Jaw near Bethune, Sask., would be the […]

By Andreas Kroner Ludwig Burger

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rally ahead of USDA report

Jul. 9, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures surged 2.9 per cent on Thursday on concerns that more rain in the U.S. Midwest would hinder crop development, traders said. Corn futures followed soybeans higher. Expectations that the U.S. Agriculture Department will trim its production forecast for both commodities […]

By Mark Weinraub