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U.S. grains: Corn sags on harvest expectations, freeze fears wane

Sep. 8, 2014 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn prices fell more than two per cent Monday on expectations the government will raise its production forecasts to record highs this week and that a possible frost in the upper Midwest will cause only minor damage. “We are in downtrends for everything,” said Robert […]

Caution reigns as Brazil soy farmers eye another record crop

Sep. 5, 2014 at 6:22 pm CDT

By Gustavo Bonato

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close up sharply with cash prices

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat bounce on bargain buying, weather concerns

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall to four-year lows ahead of record harvests

Sep. 4, 2014 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

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

Sep. 4, 2014 at 3:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Thursday, supported by initially higher cash prices while pressured by profit-taking, traders said. October live cattle ended up 1.625 cents per pound at 157.05 cents, and December at 158.5, up 0.5 cent (all figures US$). February finished […]

By Theopolis Waters

JBS to pursue $1.8B food unit IPO within weeks

Sep. 3, 2014 at 6:38 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, is resuming a plan to raise four billion reais (US$1.8 billion) from the initial public offering of its pork, poultry and food-processing operations in Brazil as early as next month, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said […]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump up nearly two per cent

Sep. 3, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed nearly two per cent on Wednesday, their biggest one-day percentage increase in 1 1/2 months, driven by strong cash price expectations for this week, traders said. October live cattle ended up the maximum three cents per pound daily price […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy tumble to contract lows on record U.S. yield prospects

Sep. 3, 2014 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn tumbled to a four-year low while soybean futures fell one per cent on Wednesday after the government unexpectedly lifted condition ratings for the crops and analysts increased outlooks for what already were expected to be record-large harvests in the U.S. Wheat futures also declined […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Zoetis gets conditional license from USDA for PEDv vaccine

Sep. 3, 2014 at 12:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Zoetis Inc. has received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its vaccine against the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) and will begin selling it this month in the U.S., the company said Wednesday. Shares of Zoetis, the world’s largest animal-health company, reached […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek