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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down to two-year low

Sep. 23, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday tumbled to a two-year low, and by their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit, amid a seasonal slowdown in beef demand and lower expectations for cash prices this week, traders said. Spot-October and December respectively closed at 133.225 and 135.75 […]

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle grind to 16-month low

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. agriculture officials seeking ways to control deadly bird flu have approved the use of a method to kill poultry by turning up the heat in their barns and shutting off ventilation systems. The Agriculture Department will consider using the method, condemned by animal rights groups […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

Sales from organic U.S. farms reached $5.5B last year

Sep. 17, 2015 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Sales from organic U.S. farms reached US$5.5 billion last year, a 72 per cent increase from 2008, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a report on Thursday that highlighted the consumer trend toward such products. The USDA data, compiled through farmer surveys, showed that milk was […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy drift lower in cautious trade

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell for a third day on Thursday as the harvest of an expected bumper crop expanded, but price movement was restrained as markets digested a Federal Reserve decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged. Wheat and soybean futures sagged on a lack of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live, feeder cattle ease to 16-month low

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday hit a 16-month bottom, falling to contract lows for a second straight session, on lower wholesale beef values and further cash price weakness, traders said. Spot-October closed 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 136.85 cents, and earlier marked a contract […]

By Theopolis Waters