Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, helped by advances in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. May […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME hogs extend gains with cash, pork prices
Ont. co-op swaps corn supply line for ethanol plant
Corrected, April 30, 2015 — Farmer co-operative IGPC plans to switch to Thompsons from Cargill as the main corn supplier for its southwestern Ontario ethanol processing plant, starting this fall. Thompsons Ltd. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound, hogs move up
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Tuesday, erasing Monday’s losses aided by short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices a week ago, traders said. […] Read more
Wheat bids edge lower across Prairies
CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended Friday, as values reacted to adjustments in the U.S. futures and the foreign exchange markets. Average […] Read more
U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports
Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu […] Read more
EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook
Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly […] Read more
Owner of Tim Hortons, Burger King posts strong Q1
Reuters — Restaurant Brands International said on Monday its Burger King and Tim Hortons chains posted their strongest same-store sales performance in years in the first quarter, with customers lured […] Read more
China’s wine growers beat France into second place
Paris | Reuters — China overtook France last year as the world’s second largest wine grower by area under cultivation as it continued to plant vast fields of mostly imported […] Read more
Chipotle goes GMO-free in first for U.S. fast-food sector
Reuters — Chipotle Mexican Grill on Monday said the 46 ingredients used in its roughly 1,800 restaurants were now free of genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major U.S. restaurant […] Read more
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