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Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– Chief negotiators for a Pacific trade deal will meet in Hawaii for talks in the second week of March, the U.S. trade office said Friday, a move which could delay a final agreement on the pact. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said on Feb. 5 he […]

Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:32 pm CST

By Gustavo Bonato

Deere cuts profit forecast as farm equipment sales decline

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:27 pm CST

By Reuters

Swollen U.S. meat inventories mirror strong demand headwinds

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:23 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:18 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans close week lower

Feb. 20, 2015 at 4:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged 3.3 per cent on Friday, their biggest decline in nearly two months, on more signs of poor export prospects for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also fell, weighed down by a round of end-of-week profit-taking following solid gains on […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump before USDA report

Feb. 20, 2015 at 3:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell Friday on lower cash prices before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s report to show a sizable drop in the number of cattle placed into feedlots last month. This […]

By Theopolis Waters

Love to eat eggs? U.S. panel now says they’re not a health risk

Feb. 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

New York | Reuters — Egg and red meat lovers may find reason to rejoice in a decision by a U.S. advisory health panel to remove warnings about dietary cholesterol, saying that there is no link to dangerous levels of blood cholesterol that cause disease. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee […]

By yasmeen-abutaleb

West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

Feb. 19, 2015 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. meat exporters caught in the middle of the West Coast port labour standoff diverted millions of pounds of chilled pork and beef into cold storage facilities over the last few weeks, creating an oversupply of meat, analysts said. Redirected protein shipments come as frozen inventories […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set five-week high on predicted drop in plantings

Feb. 19, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a five-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department projected farmers will plant fewer acres than traders expected in response to falling prices. Corn futures also advanced, while wheat finished flat to lower. USDA, in data released at its annual […]

By Tom Polansek