Foster Farms poultry plants remain open despite outcry
By Michael Hirtzer (Reuters) – Three poultry plants in California that were the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people in 20 states will continue to operate despite...
View ArticleOklahoma cattle auction keeps selling despite USDA shutdown
By Michael Hirtzer (Reuters) – One of the nation’s largest and oldest cattle auctions was not going let the shutdown of the U.S. government affect operations, so it now reports sales privately via the...
View ArticleDonations, prisoners aid cities, ranchers after South Dakota blizzard
By Michael Hirtzer (Reuters) – Donations of money and some cattle have been rolling in for South Dakota ranchers after a blizzard last week killed tens of thousands of cattle in one of the state’s...
View ArticleCorn, soy tumble on accelerating harvest of big US crops
CHICAGO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybeans were headed for their largest losses in about a month on Monday after dry conditions over the weekend allowed farmers to catch up on harvesting big...
View ArticlePig virus squeezes Hillshire profits; sausage prices to increase
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hillshire Brands Co (HSH.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said this week that cases of a virus deadly to baby piglets were growing and the company was increasing meat prices...
View ArticleIndiana ethanol plant to restart after being idle a year
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Indiana’s oldest ethanol plant will soon restart under the new ownership of Noble Group Ltd after the facility was idled for more than a year, local officials said on Monday. The...
View ArticleUS ethanol plants reopen as record corn harvest boosts margins
CHICAGO, Nov 4 (Reuters) – U.S. ethanol plants that have been shut for as many as five years are now coming back online as a record U.S. harvest has pushed down corn prices and improved profit margins...
View ArticleHigh-ethanol gas: Not coming to a pump near you
CHICAGO, Nov 27 (Reuters) – A month ago, Steve Walk was on the brink of deals to sell two big oil refiners some of his company’s specialized oil pumps, which serve up fuel that is 85 percent ethanol, a...
View ArticleAnalysis: High-ethanol gas – Not coming to a pump near you
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A month ago, Steve Walk was on the brink of deals to sell two big oil refiners some of his company’s specialized oil pumps, which serve up fuel that is 85 percent ethanol, a biofuel...
View ArticleUS ethanol profit margins hit records even as biofuels cut looms
CHICAGO, Dec 11 (Reuters) – U.S. ethanol markers are seeing their best profit margins in more than five years on strong demand for the biofuel and cheap corn despite a looming reduction to the federal...
View ArticleU.S. traders fear rejection of corn byproduct by GMO-wary China
Dec 12 (Reuters) – China has already rejected three cargoes of U.S. corn because of an unapproved GMO variety and now U.S. exporters are concerned some shipments of dried distillers’ grains, a corn...
View ArticleBunge ethanol plant sale reflects doubt over EPA mandate
Jan 2 (Reuters) – Bunge North America Inc, a division of Bunge Ltd, has sold its stake in a Mississippi ethanol plant in what is likely to be the first a spate of industry deals amid uncertainty over...
View ArticleWinter shipping delays send cash US soybean premiums to 4-mth peaks
CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Cash premiums for spot shipments of soybeans to processors around the U.S. Midwest and export elevators at the Gulf Coast rose to four-month peaks on Wednesday as buyers...
View ArticleU.S. ‘select’ beef price hits record as storms slow shipments
CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Prices for select-grade U.S. wholesale beef hit a record-high on Wednesday for the fourth straight day, as shipments of the meat slowed after a historic winter storm in the...
View ArticleUS soy, corn premiums spike on winter shipping delays
CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Cash premiums for spot shipments of corn and soybeans to processors around the U.S. Midwest rose to four-month peaks on Wednesday as buyers scrambled for supplies after...
View ArticleU.S. soymeal shipments hit record amid Argentina peso plunge
Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. exporters shipped a record amount of soymeal last week as farmers in Argentina, the top exporter of the animal feed, hoarded soybeans amid a plunging peso, analysts said on...
View ArticleU.S. soymeal shipments surge amid Argentina peso plunge
Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. exporters shipped the most soymeal in nearly 16 years last week as farmers in Argentina, the top exporter of the animal feed, hoarded soybeans amid a plunging peso, analysts...
View ArticleCorn up most in three weeks on big US export sales
CHICAGO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures jumped 1.5 percent on Thursday, heading for their largest gains in about three weeks after government data showed larger-than-expected export sales,...
View ArticleIcy Illinois River impedes barge traffic, little relief seen
CHICAGO, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Icy waters on the Illinois River brought barge traffic to a virtual halt this week, slowing transportation of grains and other raw materials to export terminals at the U.S....
View ArticleDSM says Iowa cellulosic ethanol plant running by June
Feb 18 (Reuters) – An Iowa ethanol plant that will be one of the first producers of biofuels made from crop waste will be operating by June, a general manager of the plant said in an interview on...
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