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May. 20, 2014 at 3:08 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped for a fourth straight session on Monday, to their lowest level since March as periods of warm dry weather this week should accelerate planting across the Midwest after weeks of rain delays and unseasonable cold. Soybeans rallied along with surging soymeal futures […]

By Karl Plume

May. 20, 2014 at 1:27 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Monday clocked a new high for a fourth straight session, partly driven by expectations for tighter numbers of calves ahead, traders said. Feedlots are spending more for calves, or feeder cattle, made scarce after several years of drought in […]

By Theopolis Waters

May. 17, 2014 at 3:36 am CDT

Reuters — Honeybees, crucial in the pollination of many U.S. crops, are still dying off at an worrisome rate, even though fewer were lost over the past winter, according to a government report issued on Thursday. Total losses of managed honeybee colonies was 23.2 per cent nationwide for the 2013-14 […]

By Carey Gillam

May. 17, 2014 at 3:08 am CDT

Oslo | Reuters — The El Nino weather phenomenon that is likely to strike this year damages world maize, rice and wheat yields but boosts soybeans, according to a study on Thursday that could help farmers plan what to grow. The Japanese-led report gave what it called a first global […]

By alister-doyle

May. 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for an eighth straight session on Friday, on track for their longest losing streak since June, due to poor demand for U.S. offerings on the export market despite the streak of declines. “There is not a lot of business being done,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub