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U.S. grains: Wheat up four per cent on dry Plains conditions

Mar. 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose more than four per cent on Monday as dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Plains, coupled with hot weather this week, prompted investors to cover positions, traders said. Corn followed wheat up and soybeans closed fractionally higher as […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs close firm after USDA report

Mar. 30, 2015 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

USDA hog report confirms active herd growth as PED fears ease

Mar. 27, 2015 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds ahead of USDA reports

Mar. 27, 2015 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat down most in nearly two years on dollar rebound

Mar. 26, 2015 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast, corn hits three-week high

Mar. 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and forecasts for rains needed in the parched southern U.S. Plains growing region. But prices trimmed their losses while corn edged higher and soybeans lower in a choppy session at the Chicago […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after rally as rain monitored

Mar. 24, 2015 at 3:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after the previous session’s five-week high and extended weather outlooks showed the possibility of crop-friendly rains in the U.S. and Russia. Soybean futures also were lower at the Chicago Board of […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

Mar. 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state. Within two months, scientists at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research lab in Georgia will test the vaccine on […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

Mar. 17, 2015 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures sagged 1.5 per cent to their lowest in almost five months on Tuesday, with export demand for U.S. supplies fading amid the expanding harvest in Argentina and Brazil, traders said. “The fundamentals are not friendly here; the South American crops are coming in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag after monthly USDA report

Mar. 10, 2015 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised analysts by leaving its forecast of domestic soy inventories unchanged in a monthly report. A strong dollar hung over the commodities sector, pressuring grains as well as crude oil and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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