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U.K. floods pose threat to animal welfare, farm investment

Feb. 13, 2014 at 6:53 pm CST

London | Reuters — The immediate threat to British agriculture from floods and storms has put animal welfare in the spotlight, but in the long term increasingly erratic weather is likely deter investment despite continuing global growth in demand for food. Floods have destroyed cattle bedding and feed in flood-hit […]

U.S. grains: Soy surges on exports, technical buying boosts wheat

Feb. 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Ag crowdfunding platform launches first deal

Feb. 12, 2014 at 5:21 pm CST

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Soy drops as China cancels U.S. imports

Feb. 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Plentiful supplies weigh on corn; wheat, soy firm

Feb. 12, 2014 at 4:32 am CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hog futures settle mixed

Feb. 10, 2014 at 3:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished mixed on Monday as investors bought the February contract and sold deferred months as they priced in last week’s cash returns, traders said. February live cattle closed up 0.3 cent per pound at 141.5 cents and April ended down […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on USDA report; corn, soy weaken

Feb. 10, 2014 at 2:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged on Monday due to the U.S. Agriculture Department’s bigger-than-expected cut to the domestic supply picture while corn and soybean futures sagged. Surging export demand for U.S. supplies, which ramped up after wheat prices fell to a 3-1/2-year low late last month, keyed […]

By Mark Weinraub

Obama signs sprawling U.S. Farm Bill, lauds rural progress

Feb. 7, 2014 at 4:17 pm CST

East Lansing, Mich. | Reuters — In a large barn smelling faintly of horses, President Barack Obama signed the US$956 billion farm bill into law on Friday, comparing the five-year law to “a Swiss Army knife” because of the variety of ways it can support jobs in America. “It multi-tasks,” […]

By Roberta Rampton

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking; corn, soy firm

Feb. 7, 2014 at 3:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on profit-taking on Friday, the day after they hit a 3-1/2 week high on concern about the condition of the U.S. winter crop, traders said. Soybeans rose as traders positioned for a monthly U.S. government crop report due Monday […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Short-covering, cash trade support CME cattle

Feb. 7, 2014 at 3:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended higher on Thursday supported by short-covering and expectations of at least steady cash trade, traders said. “The packers have tried to buy cattle on their own terms, but the supplies are so tight,” said Lane Broadbent, analyst at KIS […]

By Meredith Davis