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U.S. grains: Corn falls on stronger dollar, ample supplies

Mar. 6, 2015 at 3:28 pm CST

Reuters — Corn fell one per cent on Friday and soybeans weakened slightly due to ample supplies and a stronger dollar, which made U.S. exports pricier. U.S. wheat hit a contract low before prices rose modestly due to bargain-buying, traders said. The nearby contract posted a weekly loss of six […]

Australia backs farmers on foreign ownership gripes

Mar. 5, 2015 at 6:47 pm CST

By Colin Packham

Access to Brazil’s Itajai port to open as truck protest ends

Mar. 5, 2015 at 6:40 pm CST

By Reuters

Vancouver port resumes most operations after container fire

Mar. 5, 2015 at 6:36 pm CST

By Julie Gordon

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to five-month low on dollar, big supplies

Mar. 5, 2015 at 3:40 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME hogs drop with cash, wholesale pork prices

Mar. 5, 2015 at 3:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned lower on Thursday, pressured by weaker cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. April and June closed 1.175 cents per pound lower at 66.825 cents and 77.45 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Wholesale pork prices slumped $1.49 to $68.49 per […]

By Theopolis Waters

Floods in Argentina expected to cause soy crop losses

Mar. 5, 2015 at 2:58 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Some of Argentina’s northern soy-growing areas were flooded by heavy rains in the past week, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said Thursday, warning that it may lower its 57 million-tonne 2014-15 harvest forecast in the coming weeks. The country is the world’s No. 3 soybean […]

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Russia’s Uralkali to invest US$4.5B to stay potash No. 1

Mar. 5, 2015 at 11:53 am CST

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s Uralkali will invest US$4.5 billion over the next five years to raise production capacity by 30 per cent, aiming to remain the world’s largest potash company despite a setback at a major mine. Uralkali’s capacity to produce potash, a crop nutrient, came into focus after […]

By Polina Devitt

Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

Mar. 4, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ organizations said Tuesday. The strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, leaders of three of Argentina’s biggest farm groups told […]

By Maximilian Heath

Russia starts spring seeding with raised hopes for harvest

Mar. 4, 2015 at 4:44 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters –– Russian farmers have started their spring seeding campaign with prospects for the 2015 crop brighter than first thought, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Russia, one of the main key wheat exporters to North Africa and the Middle East, needs a good crop after a sharp […]

By darya-korsunskaya Polina Devitt