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Zoetis plans vaccine against PEDv

Aug. 5, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Zoetis Inc., the world’s largest animal-health company, plans to seek U.S. approval before the end of this year to sell its vaccine against a virus that has killed about 13 per cent of the U.S. hog herd. If approved, the new drug would rival the only […]

Rain hits Ukrainian wheat quality

Aug. 5, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Pavel Polityuk Polina Devitt

Saputo posts bigger profit, hikes dividend

Aug. 5, 2014 at 4:13 pm CDT

U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall on worries of supply increase ahead

Aug. 5, 2014 at 3:34 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures fall on rain, harvest outlooks

Aug. 5, 2014 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Complete Canada/EU trade pact text finalized

Aug. 5, 2014 at 2:10 pm CDT

Trade officials from Canada and the European Union have reached a complete text on their long-haggled free trade deal, the federal government confirmed Tuesday. The complete text allows for translation and final legal review to get underway, International Trade Minister Ed Fast said in a release. Canada’s provincial and territorial […]

By Staff

Doane sees whopper corn crop

Aug. 1, 2014 at 5:00 pm CDT

Reuters — Doane Advisory Services on Friday forecast U.S. 2014 corn production at a record-high 14.443 billion bushels with an average yield of 172.3 bushels per acre, following its annual crop tour. “This is clearly the best corn crop we have seen in our rather long history of crop tours,” […]

GRAINS: U.S. soy drops on rain forecasts; wheat rises on export hopes

Aug. 1, 2014 at 3:07 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest added to expectations the crop should pass through key stages of development without stress, traders said. “Weather forecasts continue to trend more and more beneficial as we enter the key soy development month,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle end lower, but off session bottoms

Aug. 1, 2014 at 3:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, partly pressured by residual profit-taking and fund liquidation after Thursday’s deep losses, traders said. However, futures closed off morning lows following initial reports of a less-than-expected decline in the price for market-ready, or cash, cattle. “Judging by big […]

By Theopolis Waters

Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest

Aug. 1, 2014 at 12:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest as it tries to prevent a repeat of last season’s backlog. The regulations announced on Friday in the world’s […]

By Rod Nickel