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Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Tuesday with U.S. supermarkets buying pork for July 4 holiday demand, traders and analysts said.
Jun 18, 2013 4:14PM
Lentil acreage in southeastern Saskatchewan may be smaller than anticipated, as below-average planting conditions continue to hit the region.
Jun 17, 2013 5:45PM
Cash wheat bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Monday, as declines in U.S. wheat futures and attention shifting to relatively favourable new-crop prospects weighed on values.
Jun 17, 2013 5:12PM
British Columbia's New Democrats have tapped a social worker turned politician as their new critic for agriculture, ahead of the legislature reconvening next week.
Jun 17, 2013 4:52PM
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures rose on Monday driven in part by a five-year high in weekly U.S. beef exports, traders and analysts said.
Jun 17, 2013 3:44PM
Starboard Value LP revealed a major stake in Smithfield Foods on Monday and urged the world's largest pork producer to explore a breakup rather than go ahead with a planned US$4.7 billion takeover by Chinese meat company Shuanghui International.
Jun 17, 2013 3:35PM
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures leaped over two per cent on Monday, posting the biggest one-day advance in nearly a month on soaring cash corn markets and tight stocks of corn.
Jun 17, 2013 3:23PM
The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in their most detailed description yet of their ongoing...
Jun 14, 2013 7:45PM
Aside from spot-June Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures, remaining contracts fell on profit taking, traders and analysts reported Friday.
Jun 14, 2013 7:33PM
U.S. wheat futures settled at the lowest level in more than two months on Friday as harvest advanced in the southern Plains, while new-crop corn and soybean futures eased on ideal growing conditions for the young crops.
Jun 14, 2013 7:22PM
A fact-finding panel assessing the Ontario government's use of 2,4,5-T herbicide, and possible health impacts from exposure, expects a "very low" risk of disease even among those most exposed.
Jun 14, 2013 6:00PM
Iran has ramped up its campaign to import wheat, buying more than 800,000 tonnes in two weeks in what some traders said was a drive to ensure adequate supplies for a possibly tense period after Friday's election.
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