Agribusiness giant Cargill Inc said on Wednesday that it will not buy cattle fed Merck & Co Inc’s controversial cattle-feed additive, Zilmax, and will not feed it to its own cattle, until it is “100 per cent confident” the animal welfare issues are resolved. “Cargill will not use it until we are 100 per cent […] Read more
Cargill bans Zilmax from beef supply until issues resolved
India cuts floor price for wheat exports to boost shipments
India has finally cut the floor price for exports of wheat from government warehouses by 13 percent, a government source said on Wednesday, to help boost stalled shipments from the world’s second-biggest producer of the grain. Higher supplies from India, struggling with massive stocks of the staple, could dampen benchmark prices in Chicago which have […] Read more
Grains: CBOT wheat, corn and soy end higher
U.S. wheat futures closed mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by bargain buying after prices fell to their lowest in nearly one month, traders said. Some buyers stepped into the market after the Chicago Board of Trade December soft red winter wheat contract, the most actively traded, slipped below the low end of its 20-day Bollinger […] Read more
CN talks with union stretch on, still optimistic for deal
Canadian National Railway Co said late Tuesday afternoon that it still hopes to negotiate a new deal with the Teamsters union and avoid a labour disruption, after talks assisted by government-appointed mediators stretched into the early morning. Canada’s largest railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union, which represents some 3,300 conductors and other workers, […] Read more
Canada Bread agrees to sell pasta business to Spain’s Ebro
Canada Bread Co, which is majority-owned by Maple Leaf Foods, said on Thursday it agreed to sell its Olivieri Foods fresh pasta and sauce business to Spanish food processing company Ebro Foods SA for about $120 million. The move comes days after Canadian food processor Maple Leaf said it might sell its controlling stake in […] Read more
Tyson Foods stops buying Canadian slaughter cattle as costs rise
Tyson Foods Inc said it halted purchases of slaughter-ready cattle from Canada as of mid-October due to higher costs associated with mandatory country-of-origin (COOL) labeling, a company spokesman said on Thursday. Tyson, the biggest meat processor in the United States, will continue buying Canadian feeder cattle that are finished for market at U.S. feedlots, Tyson […] Read more
Showers and first big freeze seen for U.S. Corn And Soy Belt
Freezing temperatures, light showers and light snow will cause some minor slowdowns in harvesting and only minimal harm to the U.S. corn and soybean crops this week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. •• Global Weather Monitoring said harvest weather, though not perfect, would not be bad overall this week. • Light rain and snow […] Read more
Showers and first big freeze seen for U.S. Corn And Soy Belt
Freezing temperatures, light showers and light snow will cause some minor slowdowns in harvesting and only minimal harm to the U.S. corn and soybean crops this week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday. •• Global Weather Monitoring said harvest weather, though not perfect, would not be bad overall this week. • Light rain and snow […] Read more
Alberta crop conditions better than average, big yields seen
Alberta crop conditions are well above average, pointing to big yields, the provincial government said Friday in its most recent crop report as of July 30. * Overall crop rating was 87.5 per cent in good or excellent condition, down slightly from previous 87.6 per cent (as of July 16). * The five-year average rating […] Read more
Rain expected in U.S. Midwest; temperatures to remain cool
Rain across the U.S. Midwest during the next week will be lighter than expected but almost all areas will receive some precipitation. • Temperatures will remain cool, so the corn crop should finish its pollination stress free, said John Dee, a meteorologist with Global Weather Monitoring. • The storms forecast for early next week were […] Read more
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