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USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because it was not effective enough. The agency said in a notice that additional criteria must be met […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans sag after rally

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall as beef demand fades

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Sources say BASF mulling potential bid for Syngenta

Jun. 3, 2015 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

Jun. 2, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

Jun. 2, 2015 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, supported by a steep decline in the U.S. dollar that made all three commodities more attractive to investors looking for a hedge against inflation, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gain, with the front-month Chicago Board of […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly weak

Jun. 2, 2015 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures Tuesday settled mostly weaker on profit-taking and the morning’s soft wholesale beef prices, traders said. The reversal of a trading strategy known as bear spreads implemented on Monday propped up the June contract and further pressured August futures. June closed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Short-covering sparks rally in wheat

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied 3.4 per cent on Monday, bouncing off of their lowest in nearly three weeks, on a round of short-covering, traders said. “Frankly this market was struggling to go down,” Arlan Suderman, senior market analyst at Water Street Solutions, said. “When you run […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally on discount to cash prices

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Monday and erased Friday’s losses, supported by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June closed 0.825 cent per pound higher at 153.15 cents, and August rose 0.875 cent to 152.15 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

A field of sugarcane under a cloudy sky.

Cuba produces best sugar harvest in 11 years

May. 30, 2015 at 2:40 pm CDT

Havana | Reuters — Cuba’s sugar harvest grew 18 per cent this year to 1.9 million tonnes, the most for the beleaguered industry in 11 years and the best performance since the state sugar company Azcuba was founded in 2011, official media said on Friday. The Communist Party daily Granma […]

By Reuters