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Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

Jan. 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm CST

Antwerp | Reuters –– European oil refiners urged the European Union on Monday to review laws calling for increased biodiesel content in road fuel because the cost of such renewables will counter the recent plunge in crude prices and weigh on the refining sector. “Governments should not inflict extra burden […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle snap eight-day losing skid

Jan. 16, 2015 at 6:03 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Argentina’s ‘Soy King’ abdicates in favor of biotech

Jan. 16, 2015 at 3:24 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein

Russia’s domestic wheat prices decline due to export curbs

Jan. 16, 2015 at 2:55 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rallies on bargain buying, export demand

Jan. 16, 2015 at 2:50 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. scientists call 2014 Earth’s hottest year on record

Jan. 16, 2015 at 1:59 pm CST

Cape Canaveral | Reuters — Last year was Earth’s warmest on record, bolstering the argument that people are altering the planet’s climate by relentlessly burning fuels that belch greenhouse gases into the air, two major U.S. government agencies said Friday. Separate studies by the U.S. space agency NASA and the […]

By Irene Klotz

USDA approves Monsanto’s new GMO soybeans, cotton

Jan. 15, 2015 at 7:13 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company says will fight problematic weed resistance on farm fields, but critics say will only worsen the problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle ended lower in volatile trade on Thursday, pressured by residual fund liquidation and the steep drop in cash prices, traders said. CME live cattle’s selloff extended losses to eight straight days. The February contract’s limit-down move on Tuesday delayed the “roll” […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on soymeal tumble, NOPA data

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans reversed earlier gains to fall two per cent on Thursday, pressured by a steep downturn in soymeal futures and smaller-than-expected private crushing data. Wheat futures extended their worst downturn in six months on lacklustre export demand while corn was little-changed after falling to a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

In surprise move, Target to pull out of Canada

Jan. 15, 2015 at 1:59 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — Target Corp. will abandon its ill-fated expansion into Canada less than two years after launch, the U.S. discount retailer said on Thursday, in a surprise retreat that will put more than 17,000 employees out of work and cost it billions. Shares of Target, which was granted […]

By Solarina Ho