Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures settled up on Monday, but fell short of the three-week high that prices hit early in session.
U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Black Sea tensions, but off three-week peak
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on profit taking; wheat climbs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell more than one per cent on Friday to below $12 a bushel on profit taking a day after the benchmark contract neared a two-month high as farmer soy sales and the dollar's surge added to bearish sentiment, analysts said.
EU plans to hit Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs
Commission aims to curb Russian income, prevent market distortions, placate farmers
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Commission proposed on Friday imposing tariffs on imports of grain from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to prevent Moscow and its ally from distorting EU markets and placate farmers who have protested for months over cheap imports.
Kansas beef plant shuts down after fire
Reading Time: < 1 minute National Beef Packing Company, one of four major U.S. beef processors, said it suspended production at its Liberal, Kansas, plant for a second day on Friday, after a fire.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures set 2-month top; corn, wheat inch higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures surged to a two-month high on Thursday as worries about threatening weather in Argentina triggered speculative buying and short-covering, analysts said, but the market pared gains after the rally spurred a round of farmer sales.
U.S. grains: Soybeans climb back above $12 a bushel while wheat stumbles
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, climbing back above $12 a bushel as commodity funds appeared to cover short positions, brokers said, while news of fresh U.S. soybean export sales and excessive rains in Argentina lent support.
Polish farmers intensify protests against ‘executioner’ EU
Germany proposes income smoothing to reduce farmers' taxes in face of farmer anger
Reading Time: 3 minutes Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine which the bloc provisionally agreed to prolong.
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn tick up on short covering; soybeans falter
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat and corn futures strengthened on Tuesday on technical moves as traders seek to unwind short positions ahead of uncertain springtime weather and upcoming U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, analysts said.
China expands list of GM soybean, corn variety approvals
Reading Time: < 1 minute China has approved 27 genetically modified corn seed varieties and 3 GM soybean varieties, expanding its list of approvals as it aims to increase the development and planting of high-yielding crops.
U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on rising Black Sea tensions, soy slips
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures rose 2.7 per cent on Monday as Russia's weekend attacks on Ukrainian ports underscored risks to exportable grain supplies from the Black Sea region, analysts said.
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