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EU oat exports set for nine-year high on N. America woes

Mar. 21, 2014 at 5:10 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — European Union exports of oats are on course to hit a nine-year high, official data showed on Thursday, reflecting strong U.S. demand as logistical snags curb supply of the cereal from top exporter Canada. The supply tensions in North America have put a spotlight on what’s […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip before USDA report

Mar. 21, 2014 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats for second day from 11-month high

Mar. 21, 2014 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Russia allows U.S. pork imports from Chinese-owned Smithfield

Mar. 21, 2014 at 2:58 pm CDT

Ukraine small grain traders in crisis seek loans from big players

Mar. 21, 2014 at 2:02 pm CDT

By Sarah McFarlane

China to resume Canadian canola meal imports, first in a year

Mar. 21, 2014 at 1:47 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — China has agreed to resume imports of Canadian canola meal from Richardson International, the first from Canada in about a year, a Richardson official said Friday. The Chinese government agreed several weeks ago to resume imports of canola meal and canola meal pellets from privately-held Richardson, […]

By Rod Nickel

Eastern ice latest obstacle to clearing Prairie grain backlog

Mar. 20, 2014 at 7:18 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Thick ice on Eastern Canada’s waterways will hamper efforts to clear a massive crop backlog, with the Port of Thunder Bay likely to open at least a week later than usual this spring, its chief executive said Thursday. Ice in the port’s harbour on Lake Superior […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat hit by profit-taking, soybeans end higher

Mar. 20, 2014 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures retreated from an 11-month high on profit-taking on Thursday, while soybeans rose for the fourth consecutive session on concerns about tightening supplies. Strength in the U.S. dollar loomed over the markets, as a firm dollar makes U.S. grain less competitive on the global […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff undercuts CME live cattle

Mar. 20, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday slid after hitting contract highs in early trade, weighed by weaker wholesale beef prices and fund liquidation, traders said. The morning’s wholesale beef price, or cutout, dropped for a second straight day, with choice down $1.10 per hundredweight […]

By Theopolis Waters

CN CEO sees grain backlog extending into 2015

Mar. 19, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters — A record-shattering Canadian harvest, combined with one of the most frigid winters in decades, has created a grain-handling backlog that will not be cleared until next year, the head of Canadian National Railway (CN) said Wednesday. “It will take more than the summer, continue into fall, […]

By Solarina Ho