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U.S. grains: Wheat prices slide in see-saw trade

Aug. 11, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dipped on Monday in a see-saw trade on technical selling and easing worries about tensions between wheat-exporting countries Russia and Ukraine. Corn futures moved off contract lows hit earlier this month on a short-covering boost before a highly anticipated government crop report while deferred soybean […]

European farmers feel Russian sanctions’ bite

Aug. 10, 2014 at 11:12 am CDT

Russia may negotiate price limits with domestic producers

Aug. 10, 2014 at 10:37 am CDT

U.S. grains: Wheat pulls back, registers weekly gain

Aug. 8, 2014 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle end limit-down

Aug. 8, 2014 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump with cash prices

Aug. 7, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday, pressured by lower prices for slaughter-ready or cash cattle, traders said. Cash cattle in Texas sold at $161 per hundredweight (cwt), down $1 from last week, feedlot sources said. They reported cash sales in Kansas of […]

By Theopolis Waters

Russia ban offers big opportunity for Brazil

Aug. 7, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

Sao Paulo/Brasilia | Reuters — Russia’s ban on many western food products presents a massive opportunity for meat and grain exports from agricultural powerhouse Brazil and a smaller one for its Latin American neighbours. Around 90 new meat plants in Brazil were immediately approved to export beef, chicken and pork […]

By Caroline Stauffer Silvio Cascione

U.S. forecaster lowers chance of El Nino in autumn

Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster scaled down its estimate for the chances of the El Nino weather phenomenon occurring during autumn and early winter in the Northern Hemisphere to 65 per cent, from an earlier estimate of 80 per cent. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the […]

Cargill Q4 profit falls on exchange rate loss

Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:16 pm CDT

Reuters — Top global commodities trader Cargill said Thursday its quarterly earnings fell as drought limited farm services opportunities in the U.S. and due to a loss stemming from the drop in the value of Venezuela’s currency. Minneapolis-based Cargill was also stung by elevated rail shipping costs and railcar shortages […]

By Karl Plume

Agrium potash mine to stay shut longer, loss expected

Aug. 7, 2014 at 3:10 pm CDT

Reuters — Agrium said Thursday it will keep its only potash mine shut for longer than expected after a breakdown last week, and the downtime will cause it to lose $40 million on wholesale potash operations in the second half of this year. The Calgary-based fertilizer and ag retail company […]

By Rod Nickel