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Arctic blast hits U.S. Midwest, some wheat at risk of winterkill

Feb. 17, 2015 at 11:25 am CST

Chicago | Reuters –– An arctic blast hitting the heart of the U.S. Midwest soft red winter wheat belt this week will put 10 to 15 per cent of the dormant crop at risk of winterkill damage, agricultural meteorologists said Tuesday. While most of the northern Midwest wheat crop is […]

U.S. labour secretary to help reach West Coast port deal

Feb. 16, 2015 at 12:58 am CST

By Alex Dobuzinskis

S. Korea blocks Canadian beef again over BSE case

Feb. 15, 2015 at 8:18 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. approves first biotech apple that resists browning

Feb. 13, 2015 at 7:54 pm CST

By Carey Gillam

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

Feb. 13, 2015 at 7:38 pm CST

By Steve Gorman

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up on cash price hopes, BSE report

Feb. 13, 2015 at 4:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted significant gains on Friday, in anticipation of higher cash prices and short-covering before Monday’s Presidents Day holiday in the U.S., traders said. News of Canada’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) since 2011 provided further support to CME […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat rally to end week

Feb. 13, 2015 at 2:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for the third consecutive day on Friday as demand for U.S. stocks of the oilseed remained strong while overseas buyers waited for supplies from the South American harvest to hit the market, traders said. Wheat futures jumped on a round of short […]

By Mark Weinraub

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

Feb. 12, 2015 at 7:24 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia tightened rules on Wednesday over foreign ownership of its agricultural land amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security, slashing the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. From March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land over A$15 million […]

By Colin Packham

Ukraine ceasefire may, or may not, weigh on wheat

Feb. 12, 2015 at 6:14 pm CST

CNS Canada –– A tentative ceasefire in eastern Ukraine could lead to adjustments in the global grain markets, with softening wheat prices a possibility. Conflict in eastern Ukraine has been an underlying factor in grains and oilseeds markets over the past year, with the uncertainty of the situation providing both […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

New Zealand declares partial drought, offers farm assistance

Feb. 12, 2015 at 5:44 pm CST

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand has declared a drought in parts of the country’s South Island, offering financial assistance and tax relief to farmers after dry conditions have cut dairy production and increased sheep and beef slaughter rates. The government on Thursday said medium-scale drought conditions were affecting the […]

By Naomi Tajitsu