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GPS firm buys sprayer boom control maker NORAC

Jun. 10, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Saskatoon tech firm NORAC Systems, best known today for its automated boom height control systems for field sprayers, is set to become part of a major U.S. GPS systems firm. California-based Topcon Positioning Group announced Wednesday it will buy NORAC for an undisclosed sum, as the latest of Topcon’s recent […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle spike to five-month high

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Nearby spring wheat charts looking bullish

Jun. 10, 2015 at 1:10 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Jun. 9, 2015 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb as beef prices jump

Jun. 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, fuelled by short-covering after the sharp rebound in wholesale beef prices, traders said. June closed up 1.6 cents per pound, to 155.075 cents, and August 1.275 cents higher at 152.875 cents (all figures US$). Tuesday morning’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Jun. 9, 2015 at 11:41 am CDT

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, […]

By Staff

Threat of food crisis seen fading as grain stocks climb

Jun. 8, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

London | Reuters — A sudden change in the weather no longer raises the spectre of a food price crisis, with grain stocks rebuilt and governments now paying much closer attention to agriculture, a senior United Nations economist said in an interview Monday. “The buffer is big and unexpected shortfalls […]

By Nigel Hunt

U.S. grains: Wheat adds two per cent gain to weather-related rally

Jun. 8, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed two per cent on Monday, extending last week’s rally on worries over potentially lower crop yields in the U.S. Plains. Wheat’s gains helped pull corn and soybeans close to the multi-week highs they touched on Friday. Weather concerns encouraged investors to cover short positions, […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Speculative buying rallies CME live cattle

Jun. 8, 2015 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished higher on Monday, buoyed by speculation that cash and wholesale beef prices may bottom out soon, traders said. June closed up 0.65 cent per pound to 153.475 cents, and August 1.025 cent higher at 151.6 cents (all figures US$). Monday […]

By Theopolis Waters