Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose two per cent on Monday on a mix of chart-based buying and uncertainty over Russian grain export policy, traders […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Wheat up two per cent on Russia export uncertainty, technicals
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Monday on fund liquidation and bearish fundamentals, traders said. December ended down 0.075 cent per pound at […] Read more
Drozd: Crude falls to four-year low, casts shadow across commodities
At the time of this writing, crude oil has plunged $40 per barrel, losing 37 per cent of its value, since prices turned down from $107.73 in June 2014. This […] Read more
Cargill sees $1B investment in Indonesia, eyes poultry sector
Jakarta | Reuters — Cargill may invest US$1 billion in Indonesia over the next three to four years, with a focus on entering the poultry sector and expanding its palm […] Read more
Argentine state bank to cut off farmers who hoard soy
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s main state bank will deny credit to farmers who are holding onto soybeans as a hedge against inflation, a top official said on Friday, […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder market upward trend stalls
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were unsettled last week, trading $3 higher to $3 lower. However, feedlot operators were eyeing the U.S. market, where softer U.S. fed cattle prices caused […] Read more
Syngenta sees China approving contentious GM corn soon
Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta expects to win Chinese government approval soon for imports of a type of genetically modified corn at the center of lawsuits over U.S. grain shipments […] Read more
Chickpeas face pressure from cheap Russian exports
CNS Canada — Cheap Russian exports of chickpeas are driving down the cost of the commodity worldwide, though one Canadian marketer says a new type of seed is helping domestic […] Read more
Canadian medical marijuana firm PharmaCan going public
Toronto | Reuters –– PharmaCan Capital, a holding company focusing on the Canadian medical marijuana market, is set to go public next week, opening up for investors a basket of […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, lean hogs end lower
Chicago | Reuters — CME live cattle ended lower Friday as fund selling and weak cash cattle prices weighed, traders said. Lower U.S. stocks and weak crude oil also pressured […] Read more