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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

By Julie Ingwersen, Justin Madden February 4, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 1.5 per cent on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales data, traders said. Corn and soybeans also fell, retreating from six-week highs set this week, on improving crop prospects in South America. At the CBOT, March wheat settled down 7-1/4 cents at […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn close strong on bargain buying

By Justin Madden January 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended strong on Friday, rallying on month-end buying a day after cancellations of U.S. soybean sales to China sent the market to a three-week low, traders said. Corn and wheat also settled higher. CBOT March soybeans finished up 14-1/2 cents at $8.82-1/4 a bushel, rebounding after dipping to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. cattle herd growth to five-year high spells cheaper beef ahead

By Theopolis Waters January 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Beef prices will keep trending lower, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Friday showed the U.S. cattle herd as of Jan. 1 grew three per cent from a year ago, to a five-year high. Healthy pastures, more-affordable grain and record-high cattle prices a year ago encouraged ranchers […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall amid global export setbacks

By Justin Madden January 28, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled on Thursday, with the most-active March contract down 1.6 per cent, the largest drop for soybeans in more than a month, after exporters canceled U.S. soybean sales to China. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat ended 4-1/4 cents lower at $4.72-1/4 per bushel, after hitting a one-month […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally ahead of USDA report

By Theopolis Waters January 22, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a second day in row on Friday, supported by follow-through buying after contracts settled up by their 3-cent-per-lb daily price limit on Thursday, said traders. Investors also tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. At […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. feedlot cattle count not as low as expected

By Theopolis Waters January 22, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Cattle placed into U.S. feedlots in December slipped one per cent from a year earlier to their lowest level since 1998, based on a U.S. Department of Agriculture report Friday, but were slightly above average industry expectations. Feedlots finally purchased less-expensive calves, or feeder cattle, that had grown heavier on healthy […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set back on profit taking

By Mark Weinraub January 20, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped 1.1 per cent on Wednesday as investors locked in profits a day after the market’s rally to a four-week high, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, pressured by weak overseas demand for U.S. supplies. But corn closed slightly higher, with a surprise export sale triggering a mild […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

By Julie Steenhuysen, Tom Polansek January 19, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal government sprang into action on […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana

By Country Guide Staff January 18, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are now warned against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from Indiana, the site of the country’s latest cases of avian flu. Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from Indiana, North Dakota or Missouri, the Canadian […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. finds first avian flu in poultry since June

By Tom Polansek January 15, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters –– An Indiana turkey flock has been infected with a deadly type of bird flu in the first new case of the disease in U.S. poultry since June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. The flock in Dubois County, Indiana, was infected with a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H7N8, […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn close strong on bargain buying

U.S. cattle herd growth to five-year high spells cheaper beef ahead

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall amid global export setbacks

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally ahead of USDA report

U.S. feedlot cattle count not as low as expected

U.S. grains: Soybeans set back on profit taking

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana

U.S. finds first avian flu in poultry since June

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