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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease while awaiting cash prices

Jun. 17, 2015 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday, weighed by caution ahead of this week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed down 0.1 cent per pound, to 151.95 cents, and August 0.575 cent lower at 150.65 cents (all figures US$). Cash cattle bids in […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle again close mostly firm

Jun. 16, 2015 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Ransdell Pierson toni-clarke

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as planting slows, crop concerns emerge

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly firm

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts gained modestly on Monday, supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. Investors bought deferred contracts and simultaneously sold June ahead of its expiration on June 30, they said. June closed down 0.275 cent […]

By Theopolis Waters

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s grain ports will endeavour to move the last of a record soybean crop just as a huge corn harvest starts competing for terminal space, testing the country’s export capacity, an analyst at local consultancy Agroconsult said. Brazil is exporting much of a record 96 […]

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Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The White House said Friday it would spend an additional US$110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires. The drought has affected a third of the western United States, and President Barack Obama was slated to discuss it […]

By Reuters

Quest for fast-track trade bill defeated for now in U.S. House

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:16 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday delivered a blow to President Barack Obama’s signature goal of strengthening ties with Asia but could try again as soon as Tuesday to reverse defeat of a measure central to a Pacific Rim trade pact. In a dramatic vote, […]

By Krista Hughes Richard Cowan

California curtails some senior water rights due to drought

Jun. 12, 2015 at 3:59 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters — California’s water board curtailed senior water rights on Friday in the state’s Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento regions due to drought, in the first move of its kind during the current drought, officials said. The curtailment affects more than 100 senior water rights holders, with […]

By Reuters