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Livestock — Strong cash, pork prices lift CME hog futures

Jul. 14, 2014 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago|Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Monday closed higher, supported by strong prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs and wholesale pork values, traders said. Monday morning’s average hog price in the Iowa/Minnesota market rose $2.58 per hundredweight (cwt) from Friday to $133.77, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. […]

Cargill plant in Ukraine occupied by armed group

Jul. 12, 2014 at 1:30 am CDT

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher after wild ride

Jul. 11, 2014 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices hit multi-year lows as supply forecasts raised

Jul. 11, 2014 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports

Jul. 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

U.S. grains: New-crop corn hits fresh low on big crop outlook

Jul. 10, 2014 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — New-crop U.S. corn futures set a contract low for the eighth consecutive session on Thursday as mild weather increased expectations for bumper crops, while new-crop soybeans dropped to a six-month low below US$11 a bushel. Prices fell ahead of the release on Friday of a U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek

Landmine fears hamper grain harvest in Ukraine’s east

Jul. 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm CDT

Kiev | Reuters — A fear of landmines is hampering grain harvesting in parts of Ukraine’s east where separatists are fighting government forces, agricultural ministry officials said. Ukraine, one of the world’s key exporters of wheat, barley and maize, is likely to harvest around 60 million tonnes of grain this […]

U.S. livestock: Cash price drop rattles CME live cattle

Jul. 10, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday fell for a fourth straight day, pressured by lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. Cash cattle in the U.S. Plains sold at $155 to $156 per hundredweight (cwt), $2 to $3 lower than last week’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. senators urge probe of report that oil companies blocked ethanol

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Two U.S. farm-state senators on Wednesday urged federal regulators to investigate allegations raised by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses “strong-arm tactics” to prevent widespread use of higher blends of ethanol in gasoline. A report from the Renewable Fuels Association this week said […]

By ayesha-rascoe

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation sinks CME live cattle

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed lower, pressured by fund liquidation that erased short-covering advances early in the session, traders said. More selling developed after the August and October contracts slipped below their respective 10-day moving averages of 152.31 and 155.03 cents, which […]

By Theopolis Waters