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U.S. dairy farmers threaten to oppose Trans-Pacific trade deal

Jun. 3, 2014 at 6:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. dairy farmers and milk processors on Wednesday threatened to oppose a Pacific trade deal if Japan and Canada do not agree to accept substantially more dairy imports. In a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative and Department of Agriculture, members of the National Milk Producers […]

U.S. senators set new bid to overhaul food aid sourcing rules

Jun. 3, 2014 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Patricia Zengerle

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up on beef demand

Jun. 3, 2014 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit three-month lows

Jun. 3, 2014 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Source of U.S. PEDv outbreak may never be learned: CVO

Jun. 3, 2014 at 12:22 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

Korea likely to lift ban on Zilmax-fed beef in mid-July

Jun. 2, 2014 at 4:26 pm CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea is likely to allow certain levels of the animal feed additive zilpaterol in beef from mid-July, a food ministry official said on Monday, delaying by one month the lifting of a ban on the growth enhancing drug. South Korea had said in April it […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mostly higher on spreads

Jun. 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed mostly higher on Monday after investors sold June futures and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known as bear spreading, traders said. Weak wholesale beef prices further pressured the June contract, they said. Monday morning’s wholesale choice beef […]

By Theopolis Waters

Deal or no deal? EU-Canada FTA seen faltering at final hurdle

Jun. 2, 2014 at 3:24 pm CDT

Brussels/Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and the European Union are struggling to finalize a multibillion-dollar trade pact six months after political leaders said it was sealed, an embarrassment for Brussels as it seeks a far bigger deal with the U.S. Over a celebratory lunch last October, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen […]

By David Ljunggren robin-emmott

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on tight supplies, wheat hits three-month low

Jun. 2, 2014 at 2:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday on signs of strong export demand that threatened to further deplete thin U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn was close to unchanged, with good crop weather pressuring prices, while wheat futures sagged to a three-month low on ample global stocks and […]

By Mark Weinraub

Cuba experiments with wholesale market for farmers

Jun. 2, 2014 at 2:37 am CDT

Havana | Reuters — Cuba opened its first wholesale market for farmers in decades on Sunday, an experiment limited to agricultural supplies in one area and the latest market-oriented reform for the communist-run island. While Cuba has allowed nearly 500,000 small-business owners and their employees to operate privately and hundreds […]

By Marc Frank