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JBS plants reopen as White House blames Russia over hack

Jun. 2, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — JBS SA employees started returning to U.S. meat plants on Wednesday, a day after the company’s beef operations stopped following a ransomware attack, disrupting meat production in North America and Australia. A notorious Russia-linked hacking group is behind the cyberattack against JBS, a source familiar with […]

Ransomware attack on JBS halts Canadian, U.S. slaughter

Jun. 1, 2021 at 12:46 pm CDT

By Jeff Mason Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on long liquidation

May. 14, 2021 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybean futures drop as soyoil crumbles

Apr. 12, 2021 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans follow veg oils lower

Mar. 26, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month low on supply prospects

Mar. 25, 2021 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest level of 2021 on Thursday, pressured by improving global production prospects and a firmer dollar, which tends to make U.S. grains less competitive globally, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also eased, following broad declines in commodities along with […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds on technicals, sales to China

Mar. 19, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rebounded on Friday in an end-of-week technical and bargain buying bounce from steep losses the previous day. Corn received an additional boost from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s (USDA) confirmation of large sales to China for a fourth straight day, lifting the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Nearby corn futures firm as USDA reports big sales to China

Mar. 16, 2021 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures edged higher in actively traded nearby contracts on Tuesday on strong export demand after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the largest sales to China since January. Soybean futures were mixed, with nearby prices rising on concerns about South American harvest weather and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures ease in setback from surges

Mar. 1, 2021 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures eased on Monday in a setback from rallies driven by concerns about tight crop supplies. The markets will likely not decline too sharply, traders said, because of strong demand from China and the need for large global harvests. In corn, speculative […]

By Tom Polansek

Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low

Feb. 26, 2021 at 4:43 pm CST

Geneva | Reuters — The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. A separate influenza strain, H1N1, that emerged from pigs and […]

By stephanie-nebehay

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