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U.S. grains: New-crop corn sets new contract low on ideal weather

Jul. 9, 2014 at 3:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. new-crop corn futures fell to a new contract low below US$4 a bushel on Wednesday as forecasts for nearly ideal crop weather raised expectations for record harvests. New-crop soybean futures dropped to their lowest level since early February, while wheat futures joined corn in setting […]

BLT costs harder to swallow with U.S. pig virus, drought

Jul. 9, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Roosters’ fertility problem hits U.S. chicken supply

Jul. 9, 2014 at 11:52 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall for seventh day, corn dips as crops thrive

Jul. 8, 2014 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Possible Argentina debt default seen reducing corn output

Jul. 8, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Maximiliano Rizzi

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures drop as funds roll positions

Jul. 8, 2014 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday settled lower as funds rolled their positions by selling the August contract and buying deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s live cattle and hog markets shifted August long positions further back in a procedure known as […]

By Theopolis Waters

Grain exporters to feel price pain as shipping rates to rise

Jul. 8, 2014 at 1:07 pm CDT

London | Reuters — An improved outlook for global bulk shipping rates spells bad news for grain exporters as they go into the latest sales campaign, with increased freight costs squeezing profit margins and adding to price competition in leading markets. U.S wheat exporters look to be the hardest hit […]

By Jonathan Saul

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end slightly lower

Jul. 7, 2014 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled slightly lower on Monday after touching a contract high, pressured by profit-taking, traders said. “While nothing is really changed in the long term we’re going to see short-term fluctuations in this market,” Broadbent said. Tight cattle supply and overseas […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles to near four-year low on ideal crop weather

Jul. 7, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures tumbled more than two per cent on Monday to the lowest point in almost four years as largely ideal crop development weather around the Midwest reinforced expectations for a record-large harvest this autumn. Soybeans slid to five-month lows on good crop weather, with […]