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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs end mixed after choppy session

Sep. 23, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed narrowly mixed on Tuesday after a volatile session, pressured by lower wholesale beef values but supported by futures’ discount to last week’s cash prices, traders said. October live cattle finished down 0.05 cent per pound at 155.45 cents, and December […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to four-year lows as harvest advances

Sep. 23, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Lethbridge cash barley market feeling pressure

Sep. 23, 2014 at 2:03 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

CN fines over grain shipments to proceed, Ritz says

Sep. 23, 2014 at 1:58 pm CDT

By Randall Palmer

Yara, CF in talks to create $27.5B global fertilizer producer

Sep. 23, 2014 at 1:44 pm CDT

By Balazs Koranyi Joachim Dagenborg

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn tumble to four-year lows on record harvests

Sep. 22, 2014 at 5:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soy futures fell to four-year lows on Monday, pressured by favourable weather for record harvests in the U.S. and a rising dollar that made the supplies less competitive in global markets. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also fell to a four-year low, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Canada/Korea trade pact’s final text signed

Sep. 22, 2014 at 5:43 pm CDT

Now signed and sealed, a trade pact that’s expected to level the playing field for Canada’s agrifood export sectors in South Korea is waiting on implementation. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Korean President Park Geun-hye formally signed off on the free trade agreement’s final text at a ceremony Monday in […]

By Staff

U.S. wheat futures pressured by weak French market

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:39 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures have fallen to four-year lows, but could have more room to the downside as large global supplies and declining world prices weigh on values. In addition to the ample world supply situation, much of the recent weakness in the U.S. wheat market is tied […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Frozen barley crops to push craft beer prices higher

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:18 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Beer prices in North America may rise next year as brewers and maltsters face higher costs after cold, wet weather damaged Canadian barley crops and left farmers and tipplers crying in their beer. Canada, the world’s second-biggest exporter of malting barley, was already harvesting its smallest […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed, hogs higher

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed mixed on Monday, pressured by last week’s lower cash prices but supported by bear spreads, traders said. Bear spreads consisted of investors who bought back months and simultaneously sold nearby contracts with the view that Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Theopolis Waters