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Weather weighs in with virus on U.S. hog weights

May. 16, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hogs have started to shed pounds after hitting record weights recently and the trend may continue with warmer weather, underpinning prices for market-ready hogs that have slid 15 per cent in 1-1/2 months from their all-time highs. Hog weights rose to a record high 287.5 […]

Tight supplies drop U.S. April cattle placements

May. 16, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain ahead of USDA report

May. 16, 2014 at 3:42 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures drop on cash price unease

May. 15, 2014 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn drops to lowest since March

May. 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Africanized bees found in Colorado, farthest north migration

May. 15, 2014 at 5:20 am CDT

Denver | Reuters –– Africanized honey bees have turned up in Colorado, officials said Tuesday, surprising scientists who previously doubted they could survive winters at northern latitudes. The Mesa County Health Department said in a statement that a peach grower contacted authorities last month to report abnormally aggressive behaviour at […]

By Keith Coffman

EU cereal crop outlook seen as good despite dry spell

May. 15, 2014 at 5:10 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Cereal crops in the European Union remain generally in good condition, despite a recent dry spell, and on course to post better-than-average yields in this year’s harvest, the EU’s crop monitoring unit said on Monday. It cut sharply its outlook for this year’s grain maize yield […]

Deere posts higher-than-expected profit, trims forecast

May. 15, 2014 at 5:05 am CDT

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit but trimmed its outlook for full-year sales of farm equipment, citing deteriorating conditions in South America and the former Soviet Union. Sales of the company’s green-and-yellow tractors and harvesters fell a worse-than-expected 12 per cent during the second […]

By james-b-kelleher

Cold, soggy spring delaying seeding on Prairies

May. 14, 2014 at 5:02 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Crop planting in Western Canada has fallen well behind the usual pace as cool, wet weather idles farmers. Just six per cent of the overall crop was planted as of Monday, down from last year’s 10 per cent and well off the norm of around one-quarter […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. Democrats optimistic EPA to reverse course on biofuel cuts

May. 14, 2014 at 4:40 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. senators backing the federal biofuel mandate said Wednesday they believe the Obama administration will likely raise proposed targets for 2014 biofuel use when it issues its final rule next month, after protests from renewable fuel producers that planned cuts would devastate the industry. Representing states […]

By ayesha-rascoe