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U.S. grains: CBOT wheat drops for eighth day

May. 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for an eighth straight session on Friday, on track for their longest losing streak since June, due to poor demand for U.S. offerings on the export market despite the streak of declines. “There is not a lot of business being done,” said […]

Weather weighs in with virus on U.S. hog weights

May. 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Tight supplies drop U.S. April cattle placements

May. 16, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain ahead of USDA report

May. 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Ont. Pork offers partial payments after packer bankruptcy

May. 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures drop on cash price unease

May. 15, 2014 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower on Thursday, pressured by uneasiness about cash hog price direction amid ample supplies and slim packer margins, traders said. On Thursday, packers processed 413,000 hogs, 17,000 more than last week and up 8,000 from a year ago, the U.S. Department […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn drops to lowest since March

May. 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.3 per cent on Thursday to their lowest in nearly seven weeks on a technical setback and forecasts for improved planting weather in northern areas of the U.S. Corn Belt by the weekend, traders said. “The attitude is that the corn crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

Deere posts higher-than-expected profit, trims forecast

May. 15, 2014 at 5:05 am CDT

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit but trimmed its outlook for full-year sales of farm equipment, citing deteriorating conditions in South America and the former Soviet Union. Sales of the company’s green-and-yellow tractors and harvesters fell a worse-than-expected 12 per cent during the second […]

By james-b-kelleher

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rally to ‘run out of gas’

May. 14, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with old-crop values seeing the sharpest gains. A combination of speculative and commercial buying interest, as old-crop canola remains cheap compared to other oilseeds, helped nearby futures move higher than new-crop […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. Democrats optimistic EPA to reverse course on biofuel cuts

May. 14, 2014 at 4:40 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. senators backing the federal biofuel mandate said Wednesday they believe the Obama administration will likely raise proposed targets for 2014 biofuel use when it issues its final rule next month, after protests from renewable fuel producers that planned cuts would devastate the industry. Representing states […]

By ayesha-rascoe