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Chipotle’s pork plight could hurt Q1 results

Jan. 14, 2015 at 8:24 pm CST

Reuters –– Chipotle Mexican Grill’s decision to suspend purchases from a pork producer that ran afoul of its animal welfare requirements could bolster its reputation with diners but threatens sales and profits this quarter, an analyst said Wednesday. The burrito chain’s move caused a supply shortfall that is hitting about […]

U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn falls to five-week low on big ethanol supply, technicals

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:51 pm CST

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Russia seen adding new informal grain export curbs in 2015

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:39 pm CST

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U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:30 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — Cargo traffic at several of the biggest U.S. West Coast ports has slowed to near gridlock, negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators for 29 ports said on Monday as contract talks with the dockworkers’ union remain strained. Union officials however have denied staging slowdowns, […]

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U.S. grains: Corn down most since June

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn tumbled the most since June and soybean futures extended declines to a one-month low on Tuesday as plentiful global stockpiles triggered massive liquidation of long positions by investment funds, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade March corn fell more than four per […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) shifted their […]

By Theopolis Waters

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

Jan. 12, 2015 at 10:56 pm CST

Berlin | Reuters — Disagreements about food safety and farming are not likely to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S., Germany’s farm minister told Reuters on Monday. The two sides are grappling with how to integrate Europe’s food production and farm […]

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China arrests over 110 people for selling contaminated pork

Jan. 12, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Shanghai | Reuters — China has arrested more than 110 people suspected of selling pork from pigs that died from disease, and confiscated more than 1,000 tonnes of contaminated pork in its latest crackdown on food safety violations. The ministry of public security said Sunday the people were part of […]

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