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U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. […]

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:56 am CDT

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching USDA report

Mar. 30, 2016 at 6:33 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans await data

Mar. 30, 2016 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

Mar. 30, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on dry, chilly weather

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday to add to sharp gains a day earlier as the market assessed the risk of yield losses to U.S. crops due to a combination of dry and cold weather. Corn finished stronger and touched a nearly two-month high, with traders digesting news that […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME hogs finish higher

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures gained for a second straight day on Tuesday in a quiet session, with help from short-covering and technical buying, traders said. April closed up 0.325 cent/lb., to 70.25 cents (all figures US$). May ended 0.575 cent higher at 78.85 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. hog herd ekes out new high as PED impact ebbs

Mar. 28, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the December-February quarter modestly grew from a year earlier to a record high for that quarter, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report. Farmers cautiously added to herds while shoring up their bottom lines following the surge in hog numbers […]

By Theopolis Waters

USDA clears Monsanto, Syngenta corn traits

Mar. 24, 2016 at 1:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will no longer regulate a genetically-modified corn developed by Monsanto to resist dicamba herbicide, the agency said on Wednesday. The move by the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), means it can now be planted without permits or […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Beans choppy ahead of data, corn sideways

Mar. 23, 2016 at 5:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Chicago Board of Trade corn prices are set to trade sideways over the course of the week as the market awaits fresh news, but that staleness is in direct contrast with the turbulence in soybeans. Soybeans – “They’re going to trade pretty choppy,” said Terry Reilly at […]

By Jade Markus