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CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

CME Group, the world’s top derivatives marketplace, has announced plans to cut about 150 jobs, or five per cent of its staff worldwide, mainly from its technology department. The staff cuts come as part of the company’s previously announced restructuring, which included a decision earlier this month to cut its […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle plunge limit-down

Oct. 14, 2014 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Feeder cattle jump $4-$8

Oct. 14, 2014 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Chance remains for Que. beef plant before asset sale

Oct. 10, 2014 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower as stocks slide

Oct. 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. sees 2015 pork output topping beef for first time in 62 years

Oct. 10, 2014 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government on Friday raised its pork production forecast for the calendar year ending September 2015 that shows pork surpassing beef for the first time since 1952, as hog farmers rapidly recover from a deadly pig virus. In the monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall on big harvest, hedge pressure

Oct. 10, 2014 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures dropped on Friday, with big crops in focus following a U.S. Agriculture Department report that boosted already-record forecasts for U.S. production. Wheat futures closed higher after the USDA cut its outlook for domestic supplies in the closely watched […]

By Mark Weinraub

USDA raises record U.S. corn, soybean crops again

Oct. 10, 2014 at 12:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean production in 2014 will be even higher than the record forecast a month ago, but somewhat below market expectations, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Friday. USDA made surprise cuts to U.S. and global wheat ending stocks for 2014-15, pushing wheat […]

By Ros Krasny

Unknowns keep lentil bids strong

Oct. 9, 2014 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lentil bids in Western Canada continue to show strength, but with the size and quality of this year’s crop still very much unknown, the highs may be in for the time being. “I don’t think there is anyone who really knows exactly what’s out there,” said David […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall from record high as stocks plunge

Oct. 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, off an earlier record high, pressured by profit-taking following Wall Street’s tumble, traders said. U.S. stocks fell nearly two per cent on concerns over the pace of economic growth. Consumer caution about the economy could hurt […]

By Theopolis Waters