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PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

Mar. 2, 2015 at 5:34 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer company by market value, agreed on Monday to pay about $69.8 million for a 9.5 per cent stake in Brazilian rival Fertilizantes Heringer SA, the latest effort by PotashCorp to grow in Latin America’s largest economy. The […]

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

Mar. 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm CST

By Caroline Stauffer Marcelo Teixeira

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices

Mar. 2, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy post big losses on weakening export demand

Mar. 2, 2015 at 4:42 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly levels

Feb. 28, 2015 at 10:23 am CST

By Carey Gillam

Some roads reopened in Brazil; truck strike persists

Feb. 28, 2015 at 9:45 am CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truckers lifted their blockade of dozens of highways in Brazil after police began fining and arresting protesters, though strike organizers said they had no plans to end their stoppage now in its 10th day. Road blockages were reported at 61 locations in six states […]

By Reuters

JBS suspends IPO of processed foods unit, again

Feb. 27, 2015 at 6:48 pm CST

Rio de Janeiro | Reuters –– Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said on Friday it was cancelling an initial public offering of its processed food unit JBS Foods due to unfavourable market conditions. This is the fourth time JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, suspended plans for the IPO of JBS Foods. […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits week high on crop worries

Feb. 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied nearly three per cent on Friday after falling to three-week lows this week as another arctic blast across the U.S. winter wheat belt raised worries about the dormant crop, traders and analysts said. That spurred technical buying as Chicago wheat rose to […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rebound with pork prices

Feb. 27, 2015 at 6:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Friday bounced back from Thursday’s losses, sparked by the uptick in wholesale pork values, traders said. April futures closed up 0.325 cents per pound, to 67.475 cents, with May 0.6 cents higher at 79.9 cents (all figures US$). Friday afternoon’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

Feb. 26, 2015 at 8:00 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Thursday to introduce country-of-origin labelling in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak, potentially risking contravention of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. With 18 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to consumption of berries sold by Patties Foods […]

By Colin Packham