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U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies again buckle CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters August 26, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday racked up losses for a 10th session in a row, on plentiful supplies that softened wholesale beef values and this week’s cash prices, traders said. Futures losses accelerated after October and December filled a key technical chart gap between the July 22 high […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

By Tom Polansek August 26, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

By Rod Nickel August 25, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations for huge global grain supplies. […] Read more

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

By Polina Devitt August 25, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July 1, while EU harvests are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

By Rod Nickel August 24, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybeans and grains dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by abundant harvest prospects in key countries. Soybeans led the way lower, as the closely watched four-day Pro Farmer U.S. Midwest Crop Tour scouted impressive crops in central Illinois, following its observation a day earlier of above-average soybean pod counts in Nebraska and Indiana. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling on weaker cash outlook

By Theopolis Waters August 23, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures’ losing streak stretched to a seventh consecutive session on Tuesday in anticipation of softer cash prices by Friday, traders said. August live cattle ended down 0.175 cent/lb. to 113.25 cents (all figures US$). Most actively traded October closed 0.625 cent lower at 109.725 cents. Bids […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-week low on improved crop conditions

By Tom Polansek August 23, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures slid to a one-week low on Tuesday and soybean futures lost ground, a day after a U.S. government report showed both crops were thriving. Expectations that a privately run U.S. crop tour would uncover stronger yields in the coming days than on Monday, when it began, put additional […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

By Reuters August 22, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Zurich | Reuters — A U.S. regulator has cleared ChemChina’s US$43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said Monday, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through. The decision should remove significant uncertainty over whether the acquisition of the world’s largest pesticides maker […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on persistent export demand

By Julie Ingwersen August 22, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, with the benchmark November contract reaching its highest in a month on strong export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat futures fell nearly three per cent, led by the spot September contract, while corn drifted lower in rangebound trade. At the Chicago Board of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle weaken before USDA report

By Theopolis Waters August 19, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday posted losses for a fourth consecutive session, partly on caution before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, believe that July 2016 cattle placements increased modestly compared to […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies again buckle CME live cattle

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling on weaker cash outlook

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-week low on improved crop conditions

U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on persistent export demand

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle weaken before USDA report

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