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GRAINS: Soybeans, wheat firm on strong exports; corn weakens on weather

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday on signs that demand will keep domestic supplies tight until harvest, while corn weakened due to forecasts for more crop-boosting rain in the U.S. Midwest, traders said. “The beans firmed up due to some speculators taking advantage of the weakness earlier in light of […]

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle fall, pressured by equities tumble

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Cargill, citing shrinking cattle herd, to shut Wisconsin beef plant

Jul. 31, 2014 at 10:38 am CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Western Canada wheat yields higher than average

Jul. 30, 2014 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

ICE Canada canola drops following cash market sales

Jul. 30, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

ICE Canada canola futures eased in early trading on Wednesday, pressured by some recent farmer sales, traders said. * Losses in U.S. soybean futures added further pressure to the market. * A weaker Canadian dollar, which boosts export interest, kept declines in check. * Scouts on Cereal’s North America Canadian […]

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Food industry lobbying spikes amid GMO fight-report

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

U.S. food companies spent almost as much lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2014 as they did in the full year in 2013, a sign the industry may have intensified its fight against state labelling requirements for genetically engineered foods, according to a report released Tuesday. The Grocery Manufacturers […]

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Rains leave swampy, fallow fields in Manitoba, Saskatchewan -scouts

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:33 pm CDT

Spring wheat and canola fields in western Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan are dotted by cattails and swamps, while others are unplanted or abandoned, evidence of heavy spring rains that reduced Canada’s potential crop output, scouts on a crop tour said on Tuesday. Other spring wheat and canola fields are growing […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. proposes allowing more pork imports from Mexican states

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a change in regulations that would relax restrictions on pork imports from certain areas of Mexico, potentially allowing for increased U.S. imports at a time of a supply shortage. The proposal would permit pork to be imported from certain parts of […]

By Ros Krasny

Grain groups urge USDA to restore inspections at Washington port

Jul. 29, 2014 at 4:26 pm CDT

A coalition of U.S. grain groups has urged the Department of Agriculture to immediately restore official grain inspection services at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, which is involved in a long-running labor dispute. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the 22 national, regional and state organizations said disruptions […]

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