Chicago | Reuters — Concerns about tight U.S. soy supplies drove soybean futures to their highest level in more than a week on Monday, while corn futures retreated for the […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Soybeans top one-week high, corn retreats from gains
Prairie CWRS wheat bids edge down
CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved lower during the week ended Friday, despite a firmer tone in U.S. futures as basis levels […] Read more
New company set up to deliver BIXS livestock data system
A new company — a partnership between the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and livestock technology company ViewTrak — plans to bring the newborn unsteadiness of an information exchange network to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle see biggest one-day percentage loss in three months
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell almost two per cent on Monday, their biggest daily percentage loss since early October, partly pressured by bearish fundamentals, […] Read more
U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu
Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus in the province’s Fraser Valley, […] Read more
CWB seeks partner with grain handling expertise, money
The grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board wants it known the company’s looking for an industry partner, not a new owner — and not just any partner. […] Read more
U.S. distillers’ grain prices rise on domestic demand, China hopes
Chicago | Reuters — The price of corn-based distillers’ dried grain (DDG), a byproduct of ethanol refining, has jumped 25 per cent in the past month as demand rose from […] Read more
Shuttered Que. beef plant’s equipment sold
The chance of a rescue for Quebec’s Levinoff-Colbex cull cow packing plant has passed, now that the facility’s equipment has been sold off piecemeal at auction. Provincial investment financing agency Investissement Quebec and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit seven-week low in bearish fundamentals
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to their lowest point since mid-October after the steep drop in cash and wholesale beef prices, traders […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans surge to one-week high on export demand, meal strength
Reuters — Soybeans climbed to a one-week high on Friday with a boost from strong export demand and meal prices, ahead of a key U.S. government crop report next week. […] Read more
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