Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced new procedures for detecting and removing unsafe ground beef from grocery stores and suppliers, as part of efforts […] Read more
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U.S. sets new ground beef procedures to stop E. coli outbreaks
U.S. grains: Soy dips as harvest expected to exceed forecasts
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dipped Wednesday on expectations that autumn harvests will exceed government forecasts due to favourable weather, while new-crop corn bounced from a contract low […] Read more
China halts some U.S. pork imports over feed additive use
Chicago | Reuters –– China has barred pork imports from six U.S processing plants and six cold storage facilities effective on Wednesday to enforce its ban on the use of […] Read more
Churchill throughput helps ease demand for railcars
CNS Canada — Shipping wheat and canola to Mexico by boat out of Manitoba’s Port of Churchill is helping handlers manage ongoing railcar logistics issues in Western Canada. Grain handler […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall sharply with initial cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished down sharply on Tuesday, pressured by preliminary sales of slaughter-ready or cash cattle at lower prices, traders said. August […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall after USDA pegs bigger supplies
Reuters — Soybean futures slid on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected that domestic supplies of the oilseed would be bigger than expected at the end of the […] Read more
USDA projects record U.S. corn, soybean production
Reuters — U.S. corn production will crack the 14-billion-bushel mark for the first time in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday, but the crop was slightly below […] Read more
Drozd: Classic head-and-shoulders top signals end to bull soybean market
The November 2014 soybean futures contract has lost over US$2 per bushel in the past two months. Once prices dropped below $12, a classic chart formation referred to as a […] Read more
What’s left on the menu? Russian restaurateurs wrangle with food ban
Moscow | Reuters — Moscow’s sweeping sanctions on European food have sent Russian restaurateurs, retail chains and food producers scrambling for alternative supplies and bracing for Soviet-style shortages. The tit-for-tat […] Read more
Russia’s sanctions no surprise for pork industry
CNS Canada — Russian sanctions implemented last week halting food imports from the U.S., Canada and the European Union have jarred Canada’s pork industry, which exports a large amount of […] Read more
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