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Daily price limits for CBOT grains to change Nov. 3

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Daily price limits for most Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grain and oilseed futures will narrow starting in November following a semi-annual review, the CME Group, parent of the exchange, said on Tuesday. Under new rules announced in March, the CBOT resets daily limits for grains […]

Syngenta suit against Bunge over GM corn revived on appeal

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Cargill loses bid to stop ex-manager from working for rival

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat top one-month highs

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:12 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide from record high on profit-taking

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

Oct. 21, 2014 at 6:12 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — A negotiated solution is the best way to resolve a trade dispute with Canada and Mexico over meat labeling in the short term, a U.S. official said Monday. A World Trade Organization compliance panel said earlier the U.S. has not done enough to change its country-of-origin […]

Investment firm SHV bids US$3.4B for feed firm Nutreco

Oct. 20, 2014 at 10:00 pm CDT

Amsterdam | Reuters –– SHV, a family-owned Dutch investment firm, has reached a conditional agreement to buy animal feed and nutrition company Nutreco for 2.7 billion euros (US$3.4 billion), expanding into food-related businesses. The offer of 40 euros per share is a premium of 42 per cent to the stock’s […]

By anthony-deutsch

U.S. livestock: Fund buying lifts CME live cattle to new high

Oct. 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit a new high on Monday, sparked by active fund buying that triggered buy stops and short-covering, traders said. October closed up 2.85 cents per pound at 167.9 cents after earlier posting a new contract high of 167.925 cents in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices touch one-week lows on improved U.S. harvest weather

Oct. 20, 2014 at 7:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures touched one-week lows on Monday as drier weather in the U.S. Midwest was expected to allow harvests to accelerate after rain delays. Corn finished near unchanged, shaking off losses associated with the improved harvest outlook as technical buyers entered the market. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. senator raises concerns over potential CP, CSX deal

Oct. 17, 2014 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The head of a U.S. Senate subcommittee raised concerns in a letter Thursday to the U.S. Attorney General and head of the top U.S. rail regulator about a potential merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and CSX Corp., and called on them both to fully review the […]

By Nick Carey