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U.S. Senate passes long-overdue Farm Bill, sends to Obama

Feb. 4, 2014 at 4:27 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a farm bill, costing an estimated US$956 billion over a decade, that trims food stamps for the poor, expands federal crop insurance and ends direct payments to farmers, and sent it to President Barack Obama for his […]

U.S. grains: Soy up on tight supply; weather slows grain movement

Feb. 3, 2014 at 3:28 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash price jitters rattle hog futures

Feb. 3, 2014 at 2:25 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

California water allocation forecast hits record-low level

Feb. 1, 2014 at 4:44 am CST

By Steve Gorman

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures drop as beef prices plunge

Feb. 1, 2014 at 4:37 am CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. cattle supply sinks to 63-year low

Jan. 31, 2014 at 5:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. cattle population dropped to its lowest level in 63 years as the lingering impact of years of drought took its toll on feed costs in the first half of 2013, analysts said in response to a government yearly cattle report on Friday. However, corn […]

By Theopolis Waters

Tyson says pig virus to cut pork supply by two to four per cent

Jan. 31, 2014 at 3:47 pm CST

Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, said Friday it expects pork supplies to drop two to four per cent this fiscal year, raising wholesale prices, as a deadly pig virus spreads through the U.S. hog belt. Heavier hogs will offset some of the loss in headcount, Jim […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Soy jumps most in two weeks on tightening supplies

Jan. 31, 2014 at 3:08 pm CST

Corn gains second consecutive month, wheat down fourth month in row Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans surged into the close of trading on Friday, finishing just below their session high and climbing for the second straight day on good demand for U.S. supplies in the early days of a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end firm, hogs slip

Jan. 30, 2014 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled firm on Thursday as investors adjusted positions ahead of the government’s annual cattle inventory report that will be released on Friday, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s data to show the U.S. cattle herd likely fell for a seventh straight […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. pig virus cases see biggest weekly rise since discovery

Jan. 30, 2014 at 4:38 pm CST

Reuters — Confirmed cases of a deadly pig virus spreading across the U.S. Hog Belt jumped by 215 to its highest weekly increase since it was discovered in the country in April 2013, according to USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network. NAHLN announced the rise in cases of porcine epidemic […]

By Meredith Davis

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