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U.S. livestock: Corn prices drop CME feeder cattle limit down

Jun. 30, 2015 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Thinly traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures closed down their 4.5-cent/lb. maximum daily limit on Tuesday, responding to steep corn market gains, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures jumped nearly eight per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bullish grain report. Pricey […]

U.S. corn, soy stocks grow less than expected

Jun. 30, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

Jun. 29, 2015 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat firms as rain slows harvest

Jun. 29, 2015 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on short-covering

Jun. 29, 2015 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Less-potent pig virus fuels U.S. hog herd growth, but rate slows

Jun. 27, 2015 at 8:42 am CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd grew nine per cent during the March-May quarter compared with a year ago, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday, reflecting better measures to combat a deadly pig virus which resulted in record pigs per litter, analysts said. However, weaker hog prices […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

Jun. 26, 2015 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures notched their biggest weekly advance in three years on Friday as worries about excessive rains in the Midwest and uncertainty over global crop prospects triggered aggressive fund short-covering, analysts said. Corn and soybeans also rose but pared gains as farmers took advantage of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs gain on short covering before USDA report

Jun. 26, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Friday, supported by short covering before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report expected at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s report to show further herd expansion during the March through May quarter compared […]

By Theopolis Waters

K+S shares surge after PotashCorp takeover approach

Jun. 26, 2015 at 3:47 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters –– Shares in German potash miner K+S leapt as much as 40 per cent on Friday after a takeover proposal from Canada’s PotashCorp, which sources close to the matter said was worth close to eight billion euros (C$11 billion). K+S, which would become the first German blue-chip […]

By Arno Schuetze Ludwig Burger

U.S. senators ponder voluntary COOL for beef, pork

Jun. 25, 2015 at 7:53 pm CDT

Considering a repeal for a meat label law ruled offside by world trade regulators, members of the U.S. Senate’s ag committee are also asking aloud if a voluntary label law for beef and pork would do. At the agriculture committee’s hearings Thursday in Washington, D.C., chairman Pat Roberts told senators […]

By Staff