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EU provides aid to dairy sector after Russian ban

Aug. 28, 2014 at 1:39 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission announced financial support for exporters of dairy products hit by Russia’s ban on Western food imports, adding to emergency measures already taken to help fruit and vegetable producers. Moscow this month imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from […]

Shaun, when shorn, may be world’s woolliest sheep

Aug. 27, 2014 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Samantha Mountford

U.S. livestock: CME hogs extend gains on short-covering

Aug. 27, 2014 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Nearby soybeans rise after hitting four-year low

Aug. 27, 2014 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Tyson wins antitrust nod for Hillshire deal

Aug. 27, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

Non-allergic peanut closer to commercial reality

Aug. 26, 2014 at 6:00 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — A new method for removing allergens from peanuts means help could soon be on the way for the roughly 2.8 million Americans with a potentially life-threatening allergy to the popular food, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. In a blog post, the agency said researchers […]

By Ros Krasny

California wine country quake losses seen in billions

Aug. 26, 2014 at 5:51 pm CDT

Napa, California | Reuters — A strong earthquake that jolted residents of California’s Napa Valley wine country from their beds on Sunday caused insured property damage likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the region’s total economic losses will be several times that, experts said on Monday. The […]

By Christina Farr Robin Respaut

U.S. livestock: Short-covering sends CME hog futures higher

Aug. 26, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher on Tuesday, driven by short-covering as some investors prepare for an early start of the Labour Day holiday weekend, traders said. Speculators bought CME hogs in the belief that the two-week slump in prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn drops as rating points to bumper crop

Aug. 26, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

Reuters — Corn futures fell on Tuesday with the U.S. crop reported in the best shape in two decades, reinforcing expectations of a record-large harvest. New-crop soybeans pared losses and Chicago wheat futures turned mostly higher, despite signs of a big U.S. soybean crop on the way and abundant global […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle extend gains after USDA report

Aug. 25, 2014 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle contracts closed higher for a third straight session on Monday, partly driven by Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture Cattle-On-Feed report, traders said. Initially, analysts considered the report mildly bearish because more cattle were placed in feedlots last month than […]

By Theopolis Waters