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Rogers Sugar plans layoffs at Montreal refinery

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:48 pm CDT

As a cost-cutting measure in a “very competitive” domestic sugar market, Rogers Sugar plans to cut back its Montreal refinery’s workforce by 59 employees. The Montreal plant, run by Rogers subsidiary Lantic, will cut the positions through “layoffs, early retirements and voluntary departures,” the company said Wednesday. Canada’s sugar industry […]

U.S. grains: Wheat to four-year lows on rising world supplies

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, beef prices drop CME live cattle

Sep. 12, 2014 at 5:27 pm CDT

Massive claims force EU to halt Russian fruit ban aid

Sep. 11, 2014 at 5:54 pm CDT

Bigger feed wheat supplies to stay put for now

Sep. 11, 2014 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump on cash price outlook

Sep. 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures retreated on Thursday after investors pocketed profits in anticipation of steady or lower cash prices, traders said. October live cattle ended at 157.375 cents per pound, 2.325 lower, and December fell 2.4 cents to 159.7 (all figures US$). Futures slid […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Markets hit four-year lows as USDA lifts record crop forecasts

Sep. 11, 2014 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures tumbled to four-year lows on Thursday as the U.S. government raised its forecasts for record-large harvests above analysts’ estimates. Projections for the biggest global grain crop ever added pressure to prices, knocking nearby wheat futures below $5 a bushel for the […]

By Tom Polansek

India notifies WTO of $56B farm support in 2010-11

Sep. 11, 2014 at 10:05 am CDT

Geneva | Reuters –– India spent US$56.1 billion on support for farmers in 2010-11, it said in a World Trade Organization filing on Wednesday, a document that will be pored over for evidence that it breached agreed limits on agricultural subsidies. The U.S. and other WTO members have strongly criticized […]

By Tom Miles

U.S. lawmakers fault rail sector for slow service, profits

Sep. 11, 2014 at 10:00 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. rail operators must put investment ahead of profits to clear the way for grain, automotive and chemical shipments now clogging the tracks, lawmakers said at a congressional hearing Wednesday about the health of the rail grid. Rail backups in the U.S. Midwest are particularly acute, […]

By patrick-rucker

Wal-Mart joins U.S. crop-tour fever seeking food chain edge

Sep. 10, 2014 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Retail giant Wal-Mart joined a group of volunteers counting corn ears and soybean pods in fields in the U.S. recently in a clear sign traditional crop tours are expanding their appeal from farmers and traders to all those with a stake in the U.S. food chain. […]

By Karl Plume