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USDA cuts U.S. corn, soy stocks view on demand hikes

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:30 pm CST

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — Strong demand for U.S corn and soybeans will cut into the abundant domestic supply stockpile by more than expected, according to government data released on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s outlook for tighter corn and soy supplies, issued in a monthly crop report, surprised analysts […]

McDonald’s to pare U.S. menus, ingredient lists

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:22 pm CST

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as fears fade about Russian export limits

Dec. 9, 2014 at 7:19 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle break losing streak

Dec. 9, 2014 at 7:10 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

UAE-Egypt alliance expands to desert wheat venture

Dec. 9, 2014 at 11:50 am CST

By Maggie Fick maha-el-dahan

U.S. grains: Soybeans top one-week high, corn retreats from gains

Dec. 8, 2014 at 8:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Concerns about tight U.S. soy supplies drove soybean futures to their highest level in more than a week on Monday, while corn futures retreated for the first time in four sessions. Wheat rose on technical and fund-driven buying. Soybeans advanced on strong demand for soymeal and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest one-day percentage loss in three months

Dec. 8, 2014 at 6:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell almost two per cent on Monday, their biggest daily percentage loss since early October, partly pressured by bearish fundamentals, traders said. Sell stops and active fund selling accelerated losses that dropped December and February by their maximum three cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

Dec. 8, 2014 at 5:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus in the province’s Fraser Valley, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief veterinary officer told Reuters on Monday. The restrictions began on Dec. 4, the same […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. distillers’ grain prices rise on domestic demand, China hopes

Dec. 7, 2014 at 11:15 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — The price of corn-based distillers’ dried grain (DDG), a byproduct of ethanol refining, has jumped 25 per cent in the past month as demand rose from domestic livestock feed mixers as well as exporters on hopes China will return to the market after halting imports this […]

By Christine Stebbins

Italian court orders new trial for bankers in Parmalat scandal

Dec. 7, 2014 at 11:09 am CST

Parma | Reuters — Italy’s top appeals court on Friday threw out jail sentences against prominent bankers Cesare Geronzi and Matteo Arpe in a case related to the country’s biggest corporate scandal, the 2003 collapse of dairy group Parmalat. The Court of Cassation quashed the sentences handed down by a […]

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