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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures plunge before USDA report

Jan. 23, 2015 at 2:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped on Friday, with nearby contracts down the three-cents-per-pound price limit, ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. Analysts expect the report to show a decline in the number of cattle placed in […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on dollar pressure

Jan. 23, 2015 at 2:33 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Markets weaken under pressure from firming U.S. dollar

Jan. 22, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cash price plunge sends CME hogs to another two-year low

Jan. 22, 2015 at 4:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Women players drop legal battle over World Cup turf

Jan. 22, 2015 at 12:05 pm CST

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Idaho confirms avian flu cases as Washington imposes new quarantine

Jan. 21, 2015 at 5:57 pm CST

Salmon, Idaho | Reuters –– Idaho officials said avian flu was confirmed in backyard chickens in the southwest of the state on Wednesday as Washington state quarantined poultry and eggs in areas where the virus was detected in chickens, geese and ducks. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu […]

By Laura Zuckerman

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:34 pm CST

New York | Reuters — A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another “synthetic biology” milestone: They created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade chemical, potentially overcoming a major obstacle to wider use […]

By Sharon Begley

U.S. grains: Corn drops from one-week high

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures slipped from a one-week high on Wednesday on ample global supplies, traders said. Soybean futures edged higher, with bargain buyers picking prices up from their lowest since October even as concerns about dry weather culling crop production in South America eased. “Despite recent […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle bounce with beef prices

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering stirred by the morning’s wholesale beef price rebound, traders said. February live cattle closed up 0.65 cent per pound, to 153.7 cents, and April 0.8 cents higher at 151.875 cents (all figures US$). Wednesday […]

By Theopolis Waters

New outbreak of avian flu found in Washington state

Jan. 20, 2015 at 6:08 pm CST

Seattle | Reuters — A third outbreak of avian flu has been detected in Washington state, prompting agriculture officials on Tuesday to warn bird owners to keep their flocks away from migratory birds that have spread viruses from Oregon to British Columbia. State and federal agriculture officials culled about 120 […]

By Victoria Cavaliere