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Argentina creates grains stimulus fund in election year

Mar. 17, 2015 at 11:42 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina will create a 2.5 billion-peso (C$360 million) stimulus fund for small and medium-scale grains producers which will be funded by existing taxes on the exports of large farms, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said on Monday. Kicillof said small-scale farmers of soy, wheat, and corn […]

U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas

Mar. 16, 2015 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on concerns about crop

Mar. 16, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs edge up, live cattle end lower

Mar. 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

Canada blocking poultry from Kansas, Arkansas

Mar. 15, 2015 at 3:04 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: Grains retreat as dollar soars

Mar. 13, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures retreated on Friday after a five-session rally, led by declines in corn and soybeans as a surging dollar prompted broad weakness in commodities. The dollar set a fresh 12-year high against the euro on expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike. At […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. bird experts mystified by Midwest avian flu spread

Mar. 13, 2015 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A virulent strain of avian flu that has killed turkeys in the heart of the nation’s poultry region has been found through molecular testing to be nearly identical to viruses isolated in migratory ducks. But some wildlife experts are skeptical of suggestions that wild birds are […]

By Tom Polansek

After first lab-grown burger, test-tube chicken is next on menu

Mar. 13, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

Tel Aviv/Frankfurt | Reuters — Two years after scientists cooked up the first test-tube beef burger, researchers in Israel are working on an even trickier recipe: the world’s first lab-grown chicken. Professor Amit Gefen, a bioengineer at Tel Aviv University, has begun a year-long feasibility study into manufacturing chicken in […]

By Eric Auchard tova-cohen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end weaker, but off lows

Mar. 13, 2015 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs extended losses for a seventh consecutive session Friday on downward-trending cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April closed 0.2 cent per pound weaker at 62.1 cents, and May 0.825 cent lower at 71.425 cents (all figures US$). Friday morning’s average […]

By Theopolis Waters

Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

Mar. 12, 2015 at 7:56 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian meat exporters are considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization to challenge restrictions on their beef shipments to one of the world’s top markets, the head of the country’s beef exporters association told Reuters. A new dispute could further harm trade ties […]

By Alonso Soto