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Canadian medical marijuana firm PharmaCan going public

Dec. 12, 2014 at 6:37 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters –– PharmaCan Capital, a holding company focusing on the Canadian medical marijuana market, is set to go public next week, opening up for investors a basket of licensed producers and signaling the appetite for a growing industry. The Toronto-based company has significant stakes of eight medical marijuana […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, lean hogs end lower

Dec. 12, 2014 at 6:24 pm CST

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Corn soars to five-month peak on technicals, fund buying

Dec. 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Cargill says will go it alone on Nutreco deal

Dec. 11, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

By Reuters

Major storm hits drought-stricken California

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:43 pm CST

By Curtis Skinner Emmett Berg

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies late, ends up on fund buying

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied 2.6 per cent on Thursday, ending a choppy trading session with a late-day surge on short-covering and fund buying amid talk of a slowdown in exports from Russia. Corn futures rose to a one-month high on strong export sales and technical buying, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle future tumble three-cent limit

Dec. 11, 2014 at 3:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Thinly traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures closed down their three cents per pound maximum daily price limit Thursday on sell stops and deferred-month live cattle market selling, traders said. The day’s corn price gains hastened CME feeder cattle losses. Traders cited the exchange’s slipping […]

By Theopolis Waters

Poland’s top court says ban on kosher slaughter unconstitutional

Dec. 10, 2014 at 6:11 pm CST

Warsaw | Reuters — Poland’s top court ruled Wednesday a ban on traditional Jewish slaughter methods was unconstitutional, bringing relief to Jews in a country scarred by Nazi Germany’s Holocaust. A previous 2012 court verdict had effectively banned Jewish production of kosher meat, backing animal rights groups who said it […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, hogs end mixed after volatile session

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed after choppy action on Wednesday as investors searched for clear fundamental direction, traders said. December live cattle closed up 0.075 cent per pound at 162.475 cents, and February was down 0.2 cent, to 162.85 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall in profit-taking despite smaller USDA stocks outlook

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybeans fell more than one per cent on Wednesday, reversing a one-month high in a profit-taking sell-off following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed smaller-than-expected ending stocks of beans. Corn and wheat futures also eased at the Chicago Board of Trade, with corn […]

By Michael Hirtzer