Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
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Santa Maria Foods Corporation, a Rexdale, Ontario, Canada establishment, is recalling approximately 8,895 pounds of various meat products, because they were imported without the benefit of full USDA inspection, the U.S. Department of ...
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The liquidation of the March contract proceeded in a speedy and orderly fashion, as open interest was down to just 6’393 contracts or 639’300 bales as of this morning. With another 3’300 contracts trading, most of ...
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Dairy farmers have a new opportunity to protect their farm income with dairy margin insurance. The dairy safety net in the new farm bill takes a new approach. Margin insurance, and the nuts-and-bolts decisions to be made, will be ...
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Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
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I am betting your response to the headline was the same as when I read the news: HUH? The proposed Farm Bill has finally gathered the bicameral and bipartisan support of a conference committee. Food Safety News recently reported that ...
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The first hay harvest of 2014 is months away in most parts of the country. But an extended and apparently deepening drought throughout the far West – which has helped keep hay prices high – has many hay growers there on edge ...
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Continued pressure from ample global wheat supplies pushed all three futures markets lower this week. Increased export demand and threats of winterkill lent some support midweek. CBOT March wheat dropped 10 cents to $5.56/bu. KCBT fell 12 ...
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New U.S. seedings of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures increased by 5% last year over the 2.39 million acres planted in 2012. It was the second year in a row to see an increase, even though it’s the third-lowest total of newly seeded acres ...
For want of the right label, ConAgra Foods is recalling 54,673 pounds – about 27 tons – of chicken noodle soup products made in one day at its facility in Milton, PA. A "Healthy Choice Chicken with Rice" soup label, which does ...
At the end of 2013, Consumer Reports made national headlines by reporting that 97 percent of retail chicken breasts were contaminated with some form of gut bacteria. Granted, not all of those bacteria are likely to make consumers sick, but ...
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USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa --After starting the session lower, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets found just enough support to close higher Wednesday. The March corn futures contract settled 1 1/2 cents higher at $4.43. The March soybean ...
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and fund buying. Weekly export numbers were strong, USDA will probably increase their estimate next week, and there are concerns about weather in key growing areas of South America. There’s been more ...
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