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U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle higher after volatile session

Apr. 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs finished higher on Wednesday with June up the three-cent limit as fund buying and short-covering beat back early losses, traders said. Futures raced to catch up to CME’s hog index at 129.19 cents (all figures US$). April hogs closed up 1.725 cents […]

New interswitching rules more punishment than policy: CN CEO

Apr. 9, 2014 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

ICE weekly outlook: Charts up for canola, but little else

Apr. 9, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after USDA hikes world stocks forecast

Apr. 9, 2014 at 2:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Livestock price insurance plan now taking applications

Apr. 9, 2014 at 1:10 pm CDT

By Staff

Logistics still propping up old-crop oats

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:49 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The oats futures market remains at a considerable inverse, with the old-crop May contract in Chicago trading at an 88-cent premium over the new-crop December as logistics issues continue to hamper Canadian grain movement. “There are oats on farm, but the U.S. mills are having a hard […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled Tuesday on slowing demand for pork, in a session disrupted by technical problems that halted trading on the exchange’s Globex electronic platform near the close. Before Globex was restored nearly an hour later, brokers were forced to execute orders […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on positioning ahead of monthly data

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Tuesday as traders squared positions a day ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report in which the government is expected to pare its stocks forecasts for both crops, traders said. Wheat followed corn and soy higher, bolstered […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Que. ag minister, ag critics hold seats in PQ loss

Apr. 8, 2014 at 4:33 pm CDT

The Parti Quebecois’ agriculture minister and his critics in Quebec’s assembly have held their seats in the wake of an election that’s upended the province’s government. Francois Gendron, who’d served as Premier Pauline Marois’ deputy premier and the province’s agriculture, food and fisheries minister since September 2012, held his Abitibi-Ouest […]

By Staff

Burdensome supplies to keep durum prices under pressure

Apr. 8, 2014 at 2:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canadian cash prices for durum have been weak all winter, as logistics issues in Western Canada have kept large supplies of the crop from moving. Going forward, the burdensome supply situation is expected to keep values under pressure. “Companies are still cleaning up sales that they’ve made […]

By Terryn Shiells