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Yara, CF in talks to create $27.5B global fertilizer producer

Sep. 23, 2014 at 1:44 pm CDT

Oslo | Reuters — Norway’s Yara and Chicago-based CF Industries are in talks about a merger of equals that would create a US$27.5 billion global fertilizer producer to rival world No. 1 PotashCorp in an oversupplied and fragmented market. The deal would give Yara, the world’s biggest nitrate fertiliser maker, […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn tumble to four-year lows on record harvests

Sep. 22, 2014 at 5:51 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Frozen barley crops to push craft beer prices higher

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed, hogs higher

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Three peanut firm officials guilty in deadly salmonella outbreak

Sep. 19, 2014 at 6:05 pm CDT

JBS delays food unit IPO amid market slide, sources say

Sep. 19, 2014 at 6:00 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has put off a plan to raise 4 billion reais (US$1.7 billion) from the initial public offering of its pork, poultry and food-processing operations in Brazil, two sources with direct knowledge of the decision said. JBS and banks are […]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall sharply as supplies build

Sep. 19, 2014 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 2.9 per cent to their lowest in more than four years on Friday, matching a similar low in Paris wheat futures, as a global supply glut overwhelmed demand and pressured prices. “Nearly every session wheat futures establish new contract lows, as supplies […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end mixed before USDA report

Sep. 19, 2014 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mixed on Friday on positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report. Analysts expect the data at 2 p.m. CT to show fewer cattle were placed in feedyards last month due to sufficient pastures that allowed ranchers […]

By Theopolis Waters

CP meeting federal grain shipment targets

Sep. 18, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has met the minimum weekly grain volumes mandated by the federal government, the railway said Thursday, a day after Transport Canada said it would fine Canadian National Railway (CN) for falling short. CP spokeswoman Breanne Feigel said in an email that the railway had […]

U.S. launches task force to tackle antibiotic-resistant bugs

Sep. 18, 2014 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. government will set up a task force and presidential advisory council to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic resistance to national security, setting a Feb. 15 deadline for the outlining of specific steps to be taken, White House advisers said at a press conference […]

By P.J. Huffstutter