Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday for a third straight session, coming under pressure from hefty South American supplies hitting the global market and uncertainty over how U.S. tariffs will affect domestic demand, traders said.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures end lower for third straight session; corn, wheat fall
U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on weakness in oil market, China deflation worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybeans ended lower on Monday, as prices were weighed down by weakness in the oil market and traders' concern over Chinese deflation, market analysts said.
American farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze
Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers and food organizations across the country are cutting staff, halting investments and missing key funding amid a USDA freeze on a broad swath of grants, more than two dozen farmers and agricultural support groups in seven states told Reuters.
Sheep grazing under solar panels help US farmers to survive crop-price slump
Reading Time: 4 minutes As U.S. farmers grapple with soaring debt and slumping incomes, some crop producers are trading their tractors for flocks of sheep, and starting up solar grazing businesses to help make ends meet.
USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by the Trump administration's push to overhaul the federal government, the agency said late on Thursday.
ADM shareholder presses CEO to resign as criminal probe continues
Reading Time: 2 minutes A shareholder of agribusiness Archer-Daniels-Midland is pressing the company's CEO to resign for failing to clearly tell investors about problems with its internal accounting practices that have sparked a criminal investigation first reported by Reuters.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle firm on technical trading
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures were mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts turning lower as traders adjusted their positions after a neutral government supply report last week, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans ease, grains rise, on choppy day of trading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures turned lower on a choppy, lower-volume session on Monday, as weakness in the energy market and mild weather forecasts for Brazil's oilseed crop weighed on prices, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up on export demand
Corn higher on technical buying, position adjusting
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended slightly higher on Friday on technical trading and a flurry of export demand, market analysts said. Investors adjusted positions after Thursday's Thanksgiving Day holiday.
ADM says top compliance officer is leaving the company
Reading Time: < 1 minute Archer-Daniels-Midland Co's chief compliance officer, Ben Bard, is leaving the company early next year for personal reasons, the company said on Wednesday. The news comes one day after the global grain trader, which has been embroiled in controversy over its accounting practices, sought an extension from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to file its third quarter financial report because it could not meet the deadline.
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