Reuters — Starbucks Corp. said on Wednesday its 12,123 U.S. shops would begin offering coconut milk on Feb. 17, as it seeks to keep pace with soaring demand for non-dairy […] Read more
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Starbucks eyes coconuts as non-dairy, non-soy demand soars
CME expects US$10M savings per year closing futures pits
New York | Reuters –– CME Group will save US$10 million (C$12.4 million) per year after it shuts nearly all of its futures pits in New York and Chicago, a […] Read more
Cattle chew through less grain in 2014-15, so far
CNS Canada — Mild weather, fewer cattle and a growing list of alternative grains led Canadian cattle to chew through less feed in the first five months of the 2014-15 […] Read more
Nearby lows likely in for wheat futures
CNS Canada — All three U.S. wheat futures markets have seen a sizeable corrective bounce after hitting their lowest levels in months to start the week — and could be […] Read more
U.S. lawmaker says Canada, Japan must cut farm tariffs
Washington | Reuters — Canada and Japan must open their markets to farm imports under a Pacific trade pact, the chairman of a congressional committee responsible for trade said on […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit six-year low as supply woes persist
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs sagged to a six-year low Thursday, pressured by continued worries over plentiful supplies that sank futures to a five-year bottom on […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat up on prospects for Egyptian sales, softer dollar
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed nearly three per cent on Thursday, buoyed by a softer dollar and hopes for U.S. sales of the grain […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Strength in corn, beans to be short-lived
CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ended mostly higher during the week ended Wednesday; soybean futures saw slight gains, while advances in corn […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola ‘reasonably balanced’
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but remain rangebound overall with offsetting market factors expected to keep values steady in the […] Read more
Australian trade minister sees TPP deal just weeks away
Sydney | Reuters –– Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said an ambitious Pacific trade pact could be reached within weeks after years of contentious negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade […] Read more
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