Published: Sep 06, 2012

Front-month U.S. wheat futures fell 2.3% Wednesday to a three-week low, pressured by lackluster export demand and lower corn prices.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

Following a record-setting day, profit-taking is making way for lower CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets Wednesday.

Published: Sep 06, 2012

Canadians have spoken on the future direction of agriculture and Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments have listened, said Canada's Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

The grains producers' association in Brazil's top soybean-growing state, Mato Grosso, warned farmers this week not to plant a new variety of transgenic soy it says Monsanto Co. (MON) has been distributing.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

While the U.S. corn crop is being harvested faster than the average pace, overall ratings are not improving, according to the USDA's Weekly Crop Progress Report. As a result, the market has decided to focus on other major factors.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

U.S. soybean futures ended higher Tuesday, setting fresh all-time highs on ongoing worries about the U.S. crop and consistent export demand.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

With a record-setting soybean trade overnight, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets have support to trade higher Tuesday.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

Smithfield Foods said in its F1Q statement that favorable grain hedges should lead to lower hog-production expenses for raising hogs than the industry average as the US drought has sent feed costs up sharply.

Published: Sep 05, 2012

The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in August was $8.03 per bu, up 10c from $7.93 in July and up 44c from $7.59 in August 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Agricultural Prices report.

Published: Sep 04, 2012

Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the world's largest producer of gasoline engines, is looking to increase its presence in the Indian agriculture market.

Published: Sep 04, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast record food and farming exports for 2012 and 2013, despite adverse weather conditions.

Published: Sep 01, 2012 By: Alan Osborn

Russia’s ban on certain live cattle and pig imports from the European Union (EU) is being used by the European Commission as a method to assess whether Russia will deliver on the commitments it made when joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Published: Sep 01, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Australia’s meat industry leaders have secured funding for research into how livestock manure management can reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

Published: Sep 01, 2012

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to react negatively Friday to lower overnight prices and the news that Russia will not install a grain export ban.

Published: Aug 31, 2012

With mostly lower overnight prices, the CME Group's floor trading of corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start Thursday's floor trading the same way.

Published: Aug 31, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture is giving $18 million in grants to several organizations aimed at helping young, beginning or struggling farmers and ranchers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Aug. 30 at a Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Higher market prices and higher sales helped Sanderson Farms, Inc. return to profitability during the third quarter.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are poised to trade lower Tuesday.

Published: Aug 28, 2012

High cash rents and low interest rates are the 2 main factors keeping farmland values in the stratosphere right now. But, there's at least one sign that a decline in values could be in the cards, one expert says.

Published: Aug 28, 2012

Corn and soybean conditions both took small steps lower in the last week as farmers start to put more of a dent into this fall's corn harvest.