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U.S. livestock: CME hogs turn higher on short-covering

Aug. 21, 2014 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog contracts closed higher on Thursday on short-covering and futures’ discount to CME’s hog index at US109.25 cents. October and December ended 1.125 cents higher at 93.625 and 87.55 cents per pound, respectively (all figures US$). CME hogs had a relative strength index […]

Russia eases some food bans to support own industry, Finland

Aug. 20, 2014 at 5:53 pm CDT

Russia shuts four McDonald’s restaurants amid Ukraine tensions

Aug. 20, 2014 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Polina Devitt Vladimir Soldatkin

U.S. grains: New-crop soy hits contract low as tour sees big yields

Aug. 20, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slide with cash, pork prices

Aug. 20, 2014 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Bunge plans new grain terminal in GrainCorp country

Aug. 20, 2014 at 1:49 am CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Agricultural trading house Bunge plans to build a port terminal on Australia’s east coast, boosting competition for the country’s largest agribusiness, GrainCorp. Bunge Australia said on Wednesday the terminal would be built in Geelong, Victoria, with capacity to export 45,000 tonnes of grain a year. The […]

By Colin Packham

Railway audit inadequate before Lac-Megantic disaster, TSB says

Aug. 20, 2014 at 12:29 am CDT

Lac-Megantic, Quebec | Reuters –– The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an independent federal agency said on Tuesday, as it called for tougher scrutiny of the rail industry. The Transportation Safety […]

By Allison Lampert

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

Aug. 19, 2014 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday, weighed down by profit-taking that pared morning gains and snapped the market’s three-day winning streak. August live cattle ended 1.1 cents per pound lower at 150.5, and October down 1.325 cents at 147.225 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

Poland asks EU to complain to WTO over Russian embargo

Aug. 19, 2014 at 4:06 pm CDT

Warsaw | Reuters –– Poland has asked the European Commission to lodge a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a Russian ban on EU food products that has hit Poland particularly hard, the Polish economy ministry said Tuesday. The Commission has so far been cautious about taking […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Ukraine supply concerns

Aug. 19, 2014 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures advanced on Tuesday on concerns about reduced supplies from Ukraine, a major exporter, while new-crop soybeans slipped as a widely watched crop tour projected bumper U.S. harvests. Traders focused on Ukraine, expected to be the world’s second-largest grain exporter in the 2014-15 marketing […]

By Tom Polansek