Kiev/Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine is set to produce more wheat for animal feed and less higher grade bread-making grain this year, as rain damage has shifted the global exporter’s […] Read more
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Rain hits Ukrainian wheat quality
U.S. livestock: CME hogs fall on worries of supply increase ahead
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures ended lower on Tuesday, weighed down by concerns that unseasonably cool midsummer weather will persist into the fall and boost supply […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures fall on rain, harvest outlooks
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday as expectations for a bumper U.S. harvest rose on overnight rains across a broad stretch of the Midwest and a […] Read more
Complete Canada/EU trade pact text finalized
Trade officials from Canada and the European Union have reached a complete text on their long-haggled free trade deal, the federal government confirmed Tuesday. The complete text allows for translation […] Read more
Klassen: Softer barley prices support feeder market
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded steady to as much as $10 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on calves. Weakness in the feed grain complex offset softer fed cattle prices, which […] Read more
Doane sees whopper corn crop
Reuters — Doane Advisory Services on Friday forecast U.S. 2014 corn production at a record-high 14.443 billion bushels with an average yield of 172.3 bushels per acre, following its annual […] Read more
GRAINS: U.S. soy drops on rain forecasts; wheat rises on export hopes
Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest added to expectations the crop should pass through key stages of development without stress, […] Read more
LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle end lower, but off session bottoms
Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, partly pressured by residual profit-taking and fund liquidation after Thursday’s deep losses, traders said. However, futures closed off […] Read more
Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest
Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn […] Read more
W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour
Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to fall from last year’s high levels, but the still bountiful production should offset some losses from flooded […] Read more
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