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Hershey to enter meat snacks business, cuts forecast

Jan. 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm CST

Reuters — Chocolate maker Hershey Co. said it would buy Krave Pure Foods Inc. to enter the fast-growing meat snacks market, after higher demand for meat and bakery snacks hurt chocolate sales in the fourth quarter. The maker of Hershey’s Kisses and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups also cut its sales […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on fund selling

Jan. 28, 2015 at 5:01 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally with biggest daily gain in four months

Jan. 28, 2015 at 3:58 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

Jan. 28, 2015 at 1:36 pm CST

By Jane Wardell

U.S. grains: Soy falls as China cancels purchase, meal retreats

Jan. 27, 2015 at 5:51 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest daily rise in six months

Jan. 27, 2015 at 5:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted their biggest one-day percentage increase in six months on Tuesday, driven up over two per cent by bargain hunting, traders said. Speculative buying and short-covering helped boost nearby trading months to their three-cents-per-pound price limit, which will result in an […]

By Theopolis Waters

Cargill likely to stay private, CEO says

Jan. 27, 2015 at 1:36 pm CST

Miami | Reuters — Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations and a top commodities trader, will likely remain private for at least another decade, its CEO said on Tuesday as he assessed challenges facing the 150-year old company. David MacLennan, who has led Cargill for the past […]

By Tom Polansek

France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

Jan. 27, 2015 at 12:31 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission has asked France to repay 1.1 billion euros (C$1.54 billion) of farm subsidies dating back to 2008-2012, the French agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Commission’s claim, which mainly relates to inaccurate declarations of farm area, initially amounted to around 3.5 billion euros before […]

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Molson Coors sells U.K. malting business to Soufflet

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:33 pm CST

London | Reuters — Molson Coors UK has agreed to sell its U.K. maltings business Shobnall Maltings to French grain buyer Soufflet Group, the two companies said in a joint statement Monday. The deal will allow Soufflet to enter the British malt market, the second largest in the European Union, while […]

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U.S. hog farmers see ‘significant progress’ in Trans-Pacific talks

Jan. 26, 2015 at 7:23 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. pork producers on Monday hailed “significant progress” in Asia-Pacific regional trade talks and urged lawmakers to give the White House authority to fast-track trade deals, a sign that a deadlock with Japan may be softening. An impasse between the U.S. and Japan, the two biggest […]

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