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U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on short-covering, dryness

Mar. 12, 2015 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday, hitting a 1-1/2-week high on short-covering and worries over potential yield losses due to poor weather in parts of the U.S. crop belt, analysts said. Corn and soybeans closed lower, with both commodities retreating from […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pare losses but remain weaker

Mar. 12, 2015 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. exports at risk as bird flu enters heart of poultry country

Mar. 12, 2015 at 10:02 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

KFC faces pressure after McDonald’s says no antibiotics in chicken

Mar. 12, 2015 at 9:56 am CDT

By Lisa Baertlein P.J. Huffstutter

Mutating H7N9 bird flu may pose pandemic threat, scientists warn

Mar. 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

CBOT weekly: Bullish U.S. dollar seen pinning grain futures

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures remained largely unchanged over the past week but a bullish U.S. dollar, currently outperforming many of the world’s other currencies, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, according to a U.S. analyst. “We’re going to need a weather event, […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat rises to one-week high on dry U.S. Plains

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.2 per cent to a one-week high on Wednesday, extending four-day gains to nearly four per cent on short-covering and concerns about dry weather in U.S. growing regions. Corn and soybeans also firmed, although renewed strength in the dollar capped rallies. At […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump on strong dollar, bird flu woes

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell three per cent Wednesday, with deferred contracts making new lows, on the strong dollar and bird flu in Arkansas, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial […]

By Theopolis Waters

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

Mar. 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm CDT

Two more states whose migrating birds’ flight paths cross over much of the Prairies and Ontario now have outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu in commercial turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday expanded its restrictions on cross-border imports of U.S. birds, eggs and uncooked poultry products to […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag after monthly USDA report

Mar. 10, 2015 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised analysts by leaving its forecast of domestic soy inventories unchanged in a monthly report. A strong dollar hung over the commodities sector, pressuring grains as well as crude oil and […]

By Julie Ingwersen