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Cuban sugar harvest falters; foreign investment sought

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:49 pm CST

Havana | Reuters — For the third consecutive year Cuba’s reorganized sugar industry is failing to perform up to expectations, increasing pressure on the government to open up the once-proud sector to foreign investment. Already one mill, the first since the industry was nationalized soon after the 1959 revolution, is […]

Australia says drought to cut 2014-15 ag output

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:39 pm CST

By Colin Packham

U.S. grains: South American crop woes boost corn, soy futures

Mar. 4, 2014 at 6:24 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn surge as market frets over Ukraine

Mar. 3, 2014 at 5:24 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Bumper Australian wheat crop seen, but lack of rain a risk

Mar. 1, 2014 at 1:04 am CST

By Colin Packham

Rain soaks California causing floods, but won’t end drought

Mar. 1, 2014 at 12:34 am CST

Sacramento | Reuters — A large winter storm brought much-needed relief to parched California on Friday, boosting its reservoirs and dropping snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains, but the precipitation will not be enough to counter years of drought, officials said. California is in its third year of a drought […]

By Sharon Bernstein

U.S. grains: Prices jump on weak dollar, Ukraine unrest

Feb. 28, 2014 at 5:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped Friday as the U.S. dollar weakened and political unrest in Ukraine raised concerns about potential trade disruptions. The markets rebounded after wheat approached a three-week low on Thursday. Export demand helped lift corn and soybeans, which also dropped on Thursday. […]

By Tom Polansek

Maple Leaf posts loss on production revamp costs

Feb. 28, 2014 at 2:25 am CST

Reuters — Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods, which has been replacing production facilities and setting up a new distribution system, reported a quarterly loss that it blamed on the “tremendous” costs of the restructuring. Maple Leaf’s multi-year program to revamp meat operations to boost profits and better compete with […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from highest levels since September

Feb. 28, 2014 at 1:24 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell on Thursday, retreating after five sessions of gains and a rise in early trade to the highest level since September as U.S. and South American farmers boosted sales, traders said. Wheat futures shed nearly three per cent and corn 1.7 per cent, with […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges most in month on export worries

Feb. 26, 2014 at 8:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged 2.4 per cent on Wednesday for their worst losses in a month, pressured by worries that the recent run-up in prices to a two-month high would make supplies from the U.S. less competitive in global markets. Wheat futures fell to their lows […]

By Michael Hirtzer