Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Prices Mar. corn closed at $4.23 and 1/2, up 3 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.89 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $424.50, up 70 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.34, ...
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Philippines-based corrugated packaging materials manufacturer Steniel Manufacturing has divested its subsidiary, the Steniel Mindanao Packaging. The company sold 9.25 million common shares in the division to Greenkraft, Corbox, ...
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Thailand's crude oil, condensate and natural gas production increased in the first 10 months of 2013 compared with the same period of 2012, but the growth rate has slowed considerably, according to the latest energy ministry data. Crude ...
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A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker left Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent's eastern edge, officials said. The 122-meter (399-foot) ...
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Environmentalists hoping that oil production will peak in 2014 will be disappointed. New supplies will comfortably outstrip fresh demand, preventing prices from rising. Countries leading the way will include Brazil, Iraq, America and ...
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All three wheat futures closed lower than the last report on December 20. Abundant world supplies and weakness in the corn market pushed futures to their lowest point since May 2012 on Thursday. Bargain buying on Friday helped notch the ...
Tags: Wheat, Agriculture, Food
As farmers flip the calendar over to January, they may be turning to new realities regarding grain markets as well. "All eyes are focused on the big competition (from South America)," explains Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Foreign Factors
The Chinese ex-works Henan alumina price stood at Yuan 2,530/mt ($415) Monday at 30% credit payment terms, edging up Yuan 10/mt from Friday and a week ago. The majority of spot trades for December and January have concluded due to the ...
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The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says, thanks to lower feed costs, 2014 could be the most profitable year since 2006 for the province's pork producers. As a result of drought that devastated the U.S. corn crop in 2012 ...
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As companies strive to work smarter and more efficiently, an increasing number of them are looking to their suppliers to provide vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and auto-replenishment programs that give purchasing organizations peace of mind ...
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MD Buyline announced today the availability of SmartMatchTM as a value-added enhancement to its Buyline Recall TrackerTM recall management solution. SmartMatch helps healthcare providers ensure patient safety and mitigate risks by focusing ...
Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...
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As we enter the year 2014, I am sure many of you have established personal or business-related goals for the coming year. I know the whole New Year's Resolutions issue can be very exciting to some as we set such lofty goals as weight loss, ...
Tags: Beef Industry, Food
Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has launched a gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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Free Flow Wines has expanded its wine business with the installation of a new automated kegging line in its new plant. The line, which was manufactured by KHS in Germany, will replace the traditional system used for cleaning and filling ...
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