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Oct. 22, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

Reuters — A former worker at Cargill’s High River, Alta. beef plant has been fined for tampering with wastewater samples required by the province, Alberta officials said Wednesday. Cargill Ltd., the Canadian division of the privately held U.S. company, was required by Alberta to study the plant’s wastewater, and limit […]

Oct. 22, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

Reuters — Corn and soybeans fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits from recent gains, and with huge U.S. crops slowly coming off fields. Chicago wheat rose on technical buying. The rally was due to end, some said, after corn touched a seven-week high and soybeans notched a five-week top […]

Oct. 22, 2014 at 2:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday erased Tuesday’s losses, aided by short-covering and the upswing in wholesale beef prices, traders said. October closed up 1.5 cents, to 168.05 cents per pound, and December was 1.05 cents higher at 168.1 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Wednesday […]

By Theopolis Waters

Oct. 21, 2014 at 7:52 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is still open to a merger with one of the two bigger eastern U.S. carriers even after talks with CSX Corp. failed, though a hostile bid is unlikely, CEO Hunter Harrison said Thursday. CP, Canada’s No. 2 railway with extensive operations in […]

By Allison Martell

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:48 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA received regulatory approval to delay an initial public offering of its JBS Foods unit in Brazil, according to a securities filing on Tuesday, putting off a plan to raise four billion reais (US$1.61 billion) for a few more weeks or until next year. […]