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USDA probes release of incorrect data that pressured crop prices

Sep. 16, 2015 at 4:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) unit is reviewing its procedures after posting incorrect crop data online on Wednesday, an error that temporarily pressured grain prices. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) inadvertently issued the wrong data on crop acreage around 5 a.m. CT and posted corrected data […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall for second day on harvest, ample supply

Sep. 16, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hogs climb as cash prices firm

Sep. 15, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn extends run to one-month top on USDA yield cut

Sep. 14, 2015 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-week high on expectation for harvest cut

Sep. 10, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy drops on stable crop ratings, poor export demand

Sep. 9, 2015 at 5:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dipped on Wednesday on better-than-expected U.S. crop ratings and concerns about sluggish export demand. Wheat futures also declined, while corn traded near unchanged. Soybeans pulled back after rising on Tuesday on expectations that the U.S. Agriculture Department would cut its condition ratings for […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as China fears wane

Aug. 27, 2015 at 8:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Benchmark U.S. soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Thursday as equity markets stabilized in China, the world’s top soy buyer, and on outlooks for dry weather as the U.S. Midwest growing season winds down, traders said. Corn clung to modest gains on better-than-expected weekly U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Wall Street surge rallies CME live cattle

Aug. 27, 2015 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Thursday, prodded by the stock market comeback as data showed better-than-expected second-quarter U.S. economic growth, traders said. Renewed consumer confidence in the economy could support demand for U.S. goods, including meat, they said. Short-covering and bargain hunting furthered […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

Aug. 25, 2015 at 6:31 pm CDT

Reuters — A food safety advocacy group sued an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying it illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) against USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), claims the regulator […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

Aug. 25, 2015 at 6:19 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain […]

By Reuters