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Rain hits Ukrainian wheat quality

Aug. 5, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Kiev/Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine is set to produce more wheat for animal feed and less higher grade bread-making grain this year, as rain damage has shifted the global exporter’s quality balance, traders and analysts said. The altered backdrop is seen heaping further pressure on global prices, while also signalling […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall on worries of supply increase ahead

Aug. 5, 2014 at 3:34 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures fall on rain, harvest outlooks

Aug. 5, 2014 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Complete Canada/EU trade pact text finalized

Aug. 5, 2014 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Staff

Klassen: Softer barley prices support feeder market

Aug. 5, 2014 at 12:28 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Doane sees whopper corn crop

Aug. 1, 2014 at 5:00 pm CDT

Reuters — Doane Advisory Services on Friday forecast U.S. 2014 corn production at a record-high 14.443 billion bushels with an average yield of 172.3 bushels per acre, following its annual crop tour. “This is clearly the best corn crop we have seen in our rather long history of crop tours,” […]

GRAINS: U.S. soy drops on rain forecasts; wheat rises on export hopes

Aug. 1, 2014 at 3:07 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest added to expectations the crop should pass through key stages of development without stress, traders said. “Weather forecasts continue to trend more and more beneficial as we enter the key soy development month,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle end lower, but off session bottoms

Aug. 1, 2014 at 3:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, partly pressured by residual profit-taking and fund liquidation after Thursday’s deep losses, traders said. However, futures closed off morning lows following initial reports of a less-than-expected decline in the price for market-ready, or cash, cattle. “Judging by big […]

By Theopolis Waters

Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest

Aug. 1, 2014 at 12:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest as it tries to prevent a repeat of last season’s backlog. The regulations announced on Friday in the world’s […]

By Rod Nickel

W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to fall from last year’s high levels, but the still bountiful production should offset some losses from flooded farms, leaders of a crop tour said on Thursday. The inaugural Cereals North America Canadian crop tour pegged spring wheat […]

By Rod Nickel