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U.S. grains: Wheat sags as rains target Plains; soy hit by defaults

Apr. 10, 2014 at 6:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent on Thursday on wetter forecasts for parts of the drought-hit southern Plains wheat belt as well as disappointing weekly export sales data, traders said. Soybeans sagged as Chinese defaults on purchases of U.S. and Brazilian soybeans triggered a fresh […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, live cattle finish mostly lower

Apr. 10, 2014 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Scientists make ethanol without corn or other crops

Apr. 10, 2014 at 1:56 am CDT

By Will Dunham

CME Group trading outage exposes weakened trading floor

Apr. 9, 2014 at 8:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle higher after volatile session

Apr. 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after USDA hikes world stocks forecast

Apr. 9, 2014 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 1.8 per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for global 2013-14 wheat ending stocks above trade expectations, traders said. Corn followed wheat lower, but soybeans advanced with front-month May setting a life-of-contract high above $15 a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble on slowing pork demand, weak cash market

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled Tuesday on slowing demand for pork, in a session disrupted by technical problems that halted trading on the exchange’s Globex electronic platform near the close. Before Globex was restored nearly an hour later, brokers were forced to execute orders […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on positioning ahead of monthly data

Apr. 8, 2014 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Tuesday as traders squared positions a day ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report in which the government is expected to pare its stocks forecasts for both crops, traders said. Wheat followed corn and soy higher, bolstered […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Globex ag, grains trading hit by technical problems

Apr. 8, 2014 at 1:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group said technical issues had shut down contracts on its Globex electronic trading system Tuesday afternoon, with primarily agricultural and grains contracts affected and no impact on oil or metals. Trading continued in the open outcry pits on the floor of the Chicago Board of […]

Bill to force railways to pay for poor service bound for Commons

Apr. 7, 2014 at 7:38 pm CDT

Reuters — Federal legislators on Monday amended a bill designed to ensure grain moves smoothly by rail by allowing the government to order railways to compensate shippers for poor service. The Canadian Transportation Agency currently has authority only to arbitrate matters on which the parties mutually agree. Railways can avoid […]

By Rod Nickel