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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump with cash prices, pork demand

May. 22, 2014 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker prices for market-ready or cash hogs pegged to plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, trader said. They also cited the relapse in wholesale pork prices. Grocers bought all the product they need to […]

New rules to ease seed potato exports to U.S.

May. 22, 2014 at 4:33 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. weather to determine price direction for CBOT beans, corn

May. 22, 2014 at 2:54 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Canola nearing resistance

May. 22, 2014 at 2:39 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound on tight stocks, persistent demand

May. 22, 2014 at 2:26 am CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME hog futures

May. 22, 2014 at 1:47 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher on Wednesday, supported by short-covering and fund buying, traders said. Speculation about tight supplies ahead pegged to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) provided further support to futures that ignored Wednesday’s drop in market-ready hog and wholesale pork prices. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. won’t move on COOL before WTO does, Ritz says

May. 21, 2014 at 3:35 pm CDT

Canada’s trade pact with the U.S. and Mexico, which came into effect 20 years ago back in January, has long been a point of pride for free-trade advocates. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, in Mexico this week meeting with his U.S. and Mexican counterparts, told reporters the North American Free […]

By Lisa Guenther

Prairie wheat cash bids down with sharply lower U.S. futures

May. 21, 2014 at 11:09 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) were weaker during the week ended Tuesday, following sharp losses seen in U.S. wheat futures markets. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in […]

By Terryn Shiells

Ardent Mills j.v. clears U.S. antitrust review

May. 21, 2014 at 12:07 am CDT

The Canadian mills that make Robin Hood flour and baking mixes for industrial and foodservice users will be part of a new joint venture by the end of May — now that the U.S. Department of Justice has wrapped up its review of the deal. The department’s antitrust division on […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on fund selling, good planting weather

May. 20, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Soybean futures fell on Tuesday in a profit-taking setback after hitting a 2-1/2 week high and as farmers were expected to accelerate spring planting under mild and mostly dry weather across the Midwest farm belt. Corn futures slumped for a fifth straight session and hit a […]

By Karl Plume