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Beef cattle, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures shrug off pig virus sell off

By Reuters May 21, 2013

* Live cattle jump as beef prices set new record * Feeder futures follow CME live cattle higher By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs recovered on Monday from Friday's selloff, led in part by news of a hog virus outbreak in Iowa's pig population, said traders and analysts. Last

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Wheat falls 2 pct on firm dollar, sluggish exports

By Reuters May 16, 2013

* CBOT July wheat falls below $7 a bushel to a two-week low * Soy hit by technical selling, disappointing U.S. crush * Corn follows wheat and soy lower; firm cash underpins July * Dry U.S. weather seen good for planting (Updates with closing prices) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - Wheat futures

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn slips on forecasts of better planting weather

By Reuters May 8, 2013

SYDNEY, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains from the previous session, as forecasts for favourable planting weather weighed on prices. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade July corn fell 0.12 percent to $6.39-1/4 a bushel, having gained 0.55 percent in the previous session. * July wheat fell 0.28 percent

News, Weather

U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

By Christine Stebbins April 9, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. drought of 2012, the worst since the dust bowl years of the 1930s, sent world food prices to record highs. The long, dry summer cost the government a record $16 billion in crop insurance payments. The Mississippi River shrank in the heat, and barge traffic slowed to a trickle. And U.S.

Crops, Grain Markets

Ethanol eyed for lowering U.S. surplus sugar mountain

By Charles Abbott March 28, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. government is readying a tool created during last decade’s biofuels craze — a never-used program to sell sugar at a loss to ethanol makers — as a way to whittle a looming sugar surplus down to an affordable size. The sugar-for-ethanol program could be a lower-cost way for the Agriculture Department

Livestock, News

Don’t expect quick end to COOL law

By Dwayne Klassen March 16, 2013

Don’t hold your breath in hopes Washington will amend its country-of-origin labelling law (COOL) by the May 23 deadline ordered by the World Trade Organization, says the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “The U.S. government could still pull a rabbit out of its hat and actually change the COOL regulations, but I don’t think it will,” said

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Boats backed up in Brazil may buoy business in canola

By Dwayne Klassen March 7, 2013

Overbought price sentiment and steady farmer deliveries into the Prairie grain elevator system were just enough to cause canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform to move slightly lower during the week ended March 1. The steady deterioration of Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed values during the reporting period helped to undermine

Livestock, Other livestock

U.S. animal rights groups: ‘Nay’ to horse slaughter plan

By Carey Gillam March 7, 2013

Reuters / Animal rights groups are threatening to sue the U.S. government if officials move ahead with plans to allow meat-packing companies to resume the slaughter of horses for human consumption, a practice that was banned in 2006. “It’s a big fight,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. “We

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Forced government furloughs could cause meat shortages

March 7, 2013

Reuters / Americans should expect to experience spotty shortages of meat due to furloughs of food inspectors caused by federal budget cuts, but the government will stagger the layoffs to minimize the impact, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 27. Automatic budget cuts began to take effect March 1 when the nation’s largest employer, the

Cereals, Livestock, News

Japan to boost animal feed grain reserves by 44 per cent to smooth supply shocks

By Risa Maeda February 13, 2013

Reuters / Japan plans to boost its animal feed reserves by 44 per cent in the fiscal year starting in April, the Farm Ministry said Jan. 29, as the world’s top corn buyer seeks to smooth supply shocks while it diversifies purchases away from the United States. The move could support prices by further tightening global

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

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