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Russia surprises peers with early wheat export market exit

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:30 pm CDT

London/Moscow | Reuters — Russian wheat has made a surprise early exit from key global export markets, despite the country’s near-record crop, after domestic prices rose in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. With a bumper crop and the rouble close to historic lows, Russia could reasonably be expected to […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rebound on short-covering

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

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

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

USDA to restart U.S. oilseed crush reports in 2015

Sep. 30, 2014 at 6:13 pm CDT

Fertilizer maker Mosaic cuts phosphate output

Sep. 30, 2014 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

EU farmers to get more aid to deal with Russian food ban

Sep. 30, 2014 at 6:07 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission on Tuesday announced a new set of measures, worth up to 165 million euros, to help fruit and vegetable producers hit by a Russian ban on agricultural imports. Last month Moscow imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from […]

ADM expands U.S. Pacific Northwest venture with Marubeni

Sep. 30, 2014 at 6:04 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland said Tuesday it has acquired a stake in Portland, Oregon export terminal Columbia Grain by expanding its Kalama Export Co. joint venture with Japanese grain trader Marubeni. The stake in Columbia Grain, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni, broadens ADM’s export […]

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

Sep. 30, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking and fund selling on the final trading day for the quarter, traders and analysts said. October live cattle closed down 0.5 cent per pound to 160.45 cents, and December one cent lower at 163.475 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy falls on big supply, set for worst quarter in six years

Sep. 30, 2014 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybeans fell one per cent on Tuesday, pressured by a record harvest, as traders shrugged off a U.S. Agriculture Department report that showed domestic supplies shrank to less than a 10-day supply at the beginning of the month. Soybean futures capped a nearly 35 per […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, pare early losses

Sep. 29, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished sharply higher on Monday, erasing early-session losses as they gained on short-covering and fund buying before the end of the quarter on Tuesday, traders and analysts said. October live cattle closed up 2.5 cents per pound at 160.95 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters