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U.S. grains: Wheat at 3-1/2-month low after USDA report

Jun. 11, 2014 at 3:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to a 3-1/2 month low on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecasts of U.S. and world wheat ending stocks above trade expectations in a monthly report, traders said. USDA also raised its estimate of global 2014-15 wheat production, […]

‘Bully’ U.S. wrong to criticize Canada on trade, Ritz says

Jun. 11, 2014 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Abundant grain, soybean supplies on the way: USDA

Jun. 11, 2014 at 2:51 pm CDT

By Ros Krasny

U.S. grains: Wheat at 3-1/2 month low ahead of USDA report

Jun. 10, 2014 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle touch new highs as supplies tighten

Jun. 10, 2014 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn falls to 3-1/2 month low as weather favours crops

Jun. 9, 2014 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spot corn futures fell to a 3-1/2 month low on Monday as near-perfect crop weather in the U.S. Midwest raised expectations for record production, and China said it would halt import permits for a corn-based feed ingredient. Wheat fell as the Northern Hemisphere harvest neared, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end two per cent higher

Jun. 9, 2014 at 2:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended sharply higher on Monday, rising two per cent, supported by tight cattle supplies, higher wholesale beef prices and higher cash market prices, traders said. U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed cattle in the cash market traded at $144 per hundredweight […]

By Meredith Davis

Tyson wins bid for Hillshire in battle of meat titans

Jun. 9, 2014 at 12:36 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods has won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands with an all-cash offer that values the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages at US$8.55 billion including debt and would be the biggest deal yet in the global meat business. Tyson, the largest U.S. meat processor, on Monday announced […]

EU to test imports of live pigs from Canada, U.S. for PEDv

Jun. 6, 2014 at 6:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– European Union member states on Friday agreed that live pig imports from the U.S. and Canada must be tested for a deadly virus that has killed millions of U.S. piglets. The latest measures complement import requirements on pig blood products that may be used for feeding […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rally from three-month lows on short-covering

Jun. 6, 2014 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday in the strongest gains in a month on technical buying and short-covering after sinking to a three-month low the previous day. Hard red winter wheat futures surged three per cent on concerns about adverse weather […]

By Karl Plume