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U.S. livestock: Weak cash price outlook drops CME live cattle

Sep. 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled lower on Thursday in anticipation of packers spending less for market-ready, or cash, cattle this week, traders said. October live cattle futures finished 1.425 cents per pound lower at 155.6 cents, and December at 158.925 cents down 1.075 cents (all […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall to lowest since 2010

Sep. 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Dow’s Enlist corn, soybeans face hurdles despite USDA approval

Sep. 18, 2014 at 11:20 am CDT

By Carey Gillam

Russia demands changes to Ukraine-EU trade deal

Sep. 18, 2014 at 11:06 am CDT

By Jan Strupczewski robin-emmott

Syngenta faces second suit over GM corn China rejected

Sep. 18, 2014 at 12:24 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

USDA grants approval to Dow’s Enlist corn, soybeans

Sep. 17, 2014 at 8:27 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday gave final approval to new genetically modified corn and soybeans developed by Dow AgroSciences that, while criticized by environmentalists and some farmers, are portrayed by Dow as an answer to weed resistance problems that limit crop production. The approval may clear […]

By Carey Gillam

PotashCorp may raise 2015 potash output

Sep. 17, 2014 at 4:32 pm CDT

Reuters — Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp, the world’s second-biggest potash producer, is recalling workers at some of its Canadian mines as it gears up for a possible rise in production in 2015, a senior executive said Wednesday. The company cut its workforce by 18 per cent in December, including about 570 workers […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures fall with cash, pork prices

Sep. 17, 2014 at 3:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slumped more than two per cent on Wednesday, pressured by lower prices for slaughter-ready or cash hogs and pork at wholesale, traders said. October closed 1.775 cents per pound lower at 105.1 cents, and December at 93.9 cents, down 2.025 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat firm on bargain buying; corn slips

Sep. 17, 2014 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and wheat firmed slightly on Wednesday as bargain hunters stepped into the market to provide a boost to commodities that were trending near four-year lows, traders said. Corn futures sagged as a likely record U.S. harvest in the coming weeks will […]

By Mark Weinraub

EU food producers set for more cash to help with Russian ban

Sep. 17, 2014 at 10:01 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters — EU officials are drawing up new measures to help food producers hit by a Russian ban on agricultural imports and will publish them over the coming days, the European Commission said. Moscow in August imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from […]

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