Two people look over a wire fence at an ostrich.

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

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One of the owners of Universal Ostrich near Edgewood, B.C. condemned the alleged assault and arson against one of the farm’s neighbours said to have been committed by a protestor. The farm is in a legal battle with federal authorities over a cull order of the farm’s ostriches, which contracted avian influenza.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT Weekly: Trading being guided by emotions

Emotional trading was guiding activity at the United States commodity markets, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. The McHenry, Ill.-based Ettner said that particularly held true for Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn to a lesser extent.