Insights and Stories on Kansas

U.S. winter wheat conditions mostly fair to good

Feb. 3, 2020 at 6:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The condition of the bulk of the U.S. winter wheat crop, taken from data provided by 17 reporting states, was at 29 per cent fair and 48.1 per cent good at the end of January. The rest of those states’ crops stood at 4.2 very poor, 12.1 poor […]

Cargill suspends shifts at Kansas beef plant after explosion

Oct. 17, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA to probe beef market after Tyson plant fire

Aug. 28, 2019 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit down again on Tyson fire

Aug. 13, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after Tyson beef plant burns

Aug. 12, 2019 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Apr. 9, 2018 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone […]

By Ana Mano

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to six-week lows on Monday as much-needed rain and snow fell in dry areas of the southern Plains, pushing most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat futures down more than five per cent, traders said. Corn and soybean futures sagged on fund-driven long […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits seven-month high on crop ratings

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices rose to roughly seven-month highs on Tuesday as low crop ratings and limited chances of rain in drought-hit parts of the Plains growing region kept attention on the risk of yield losses. The gains were fueled by U.S. Department of Agriculture data released […]

By Michael Hirtzer

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

Sep. 26, 2017 at 2:53 pm CDT

Reuters — Syngenta has agreed to pay close to US$1.5 billion to resolve lawsuits stemming from its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Swiss company confirmed that it has reached a settlement, […]

By Nate Raymond

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