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USDA cuts corn ending stocks estimate, soybeans unchanged

Corn ending stocks in the United States will be tighter than earlier projections due to increased exports and demand from ethanol producers, according to updated supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Dec. 10. The projected wheat carryout was also revised lower, while soybean stocks were unchanged.









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Fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak

McDonald's pulls Quarter Pounder from one-fifth of its US restaurants

U.S. fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items on Thursday after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald's restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one.