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Brazil cattle herd to grow two per cent this year

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

sao paulo Brazil, home of the world’s largest commercial cattle herd, will likely grow its stock by two per cent this year from 2013, reaching a record 198.7 million head, according to a report sponsored by analysts Informa Economics FNP. The increase is due to better management and more investment […]

U.S. appeals court upholds COOL regulations

Jul. 29, 2014 at 11:31 am CDT

By By Lawrence Hurley

U.S. soy, corn ratings drop for first time in more than a month

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pest

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Caroline Stauffer

Southern Manitoba canola growth more varied than usual – scouts

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

GRAINS: Corn bounces but posts 5th weekly loss on supply pressure

Jul. 25, 2014 at 4:16 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on bargain buying Friday but posted a fifth consecutive weekly loss as expectations of record yields in this autumn’s harvest continued to hang over the market, traders said. Wheat rose on short-covering buying as the market consolidated above contract lows set this week, […]

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Jul. 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Reuters — A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honey bee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study […]

By Carey Gillam

GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries

Jul. 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean prices rose to a near two-week high on Thursday on firm export demand and concerns that dry weather in parts of the Midwest crop belt might jeopardize yield prospects, traders said. Corn futures fell to fresh four-year lows, retreating from early gains, and wheat also fell. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

LIVESTOCK: CME hog futures slide on weaker cash, pork prices

Jul. 24, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Thursday finished lower, pulled down by softer cash hog and wholesale pork prices, traders said. August finished 1.375 cents per lb lower at 123.200 cents, and October at 107.900, 2.550 cents lower. The average price of market-ready, or cash, hogs Thursday morning […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. court upholds FDA animal feed policy despite health concern

Jul. 24, 2014 at 3:00 pm CDT

Reuters — A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy allowing the use of various antibiotics in animal feed, even if such use might endanger the public health. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York […]

By jonathan-stempel