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South Africa must wait to export meat despite fixing FMD

Feb. 19, 2014 at 4:25 pm CST

Cape Town | Reuters — South Africa needs approval from trade partners, including the European Union, before meat exports resume after the country was declared free of foot and mouth disease (FMD) this week, senior officials said Wednesday. South Africa was banned from exporting all cloven-hoofed animals — such as […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip from five-month peak; corn, wheat rally

Feb. 19, 2014 at 4:20 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Trading limits expand for CBOT oats on Prairie rail jams

Feb. 19, 2014 at 4:01 pm CST

AAFC expects fewer wheat acres, more canola

Feb. 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm CST

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on firm soyoil, S. American weather

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:32 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Obama pledges help for drought-stricken California

Feb. 18, 2014 at 10:43 am CST

Los Banos, Calif. | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama toured parts of California’s drought zone on Friday and pledged to speed help to the No. 1 farm state, but he said harsh weather in the U.S. will get worse until more steps are taken to address climate change. California […]

By Steve Holland

Japan eyes trade pact concessions as talks with U.S. begin

Feb. 18, 2014 at 5:17 am CST

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan could make concessions on tariffs on some sensitive farm products, a key cabinet minister said Tuesday, as U.S. and Japanese officials began talks ahead of next week’s high-level multilateral negotiations on a U.S.-led free trade deal. A deal between the U.S. and Japan, the two […]

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on technical buying; corn firms

Feb. 14, 2014 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, hitting their highest level in 5-1/2 weeks on technical buying after prices passed through key benchmarks, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat rose on four of the last five trading sessions and the front-month contract notched […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ohio finds new pig virus

Feb. 13, 2014 at 7:13 pm CST

Reuters — A new swine virus, distinct from the deadly PEDv pig virus, has been found in fecal samples taken from four different farms in Ohio last month and early this month, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. This is only the second time the virus has been reported […]

Cuba to postpone foreign investment law, diplomats say

Feb. 13, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

Havana | Reuters –– Cuba has postponed plans to adopt a new foreign investment law from March to at least April, a Cuban government official told visiting diplomats this week, as a final version is being fine tuned before adoption by the National Assembly. Cuban President Raul Castro announced in […]

By Marc Frank