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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pare early losses

Apr. 22, 2015 at 2:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled flat to weaker on Wednesday, pressured by initial lower cash prices, but futures’ discounts to those cash values minimized losses, traders said. April closed unchanged at 156.3 cents, and June 0.7 cent lower at 146.025 cents (all figures US$). A […]

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

Apr. 22, 2015 at 5:10 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Iowa reports biggest single U.S. outbreak of bird flu

Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:47 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn lower on bird flu outbreak, planting progress

Apr. 21, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs rally on short covering

Apr. 21, 2015 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble again as funds sell off

Apr. 20, 2015 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted steep losses for a second straight session on Monday, partly due to fund liquidation after contracts fell through key technical support levels, traders said. April closed 2.45 cents per pound lower at 155.35 cents (all figures US$). It dropped […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

Apr. 20, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday on worries about a possible trucker strike in Brazil and as an economic stimulus move by top importer China reinforced expectations of brisk demand for the oilseed. Wheat rebounded from steep losses last week, although […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. regulators may recommend testing food for glyphosate residues

Apr. 18, 2015 at 11:46 am CDT

Reuters — U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, has come under intense scrutiny since a research […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

Apr. 17, 2015 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended steady on Friday but fell six per cent for the week as drought-relieving rains arrived in the southern U.S. Plains crop belt. Corn futures firmed in a technical bounce after falling to a near one-month low this week, and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down as cash prices fall

Apr. 17, 2015 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell by the three-cent-per-pound price limit Friday on profit-taking and lower cash prices, traders said. April and June closed at 157.8 cents and 149 cents, respectively (all figures US$). CME’s live cattle trading limit will be expanded to 4.5 cents on […]

By Theopolis Waters