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Pork exports sharply lower in March, first quarter
U.S. exporters shipped 397 million pounds of pork to foreign destinations in March, more than 18 percent less than a year ago.
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Oil rises towards $105, shrugs off firm dollar
Oil climbed towards $105 a barrel on Friday, rebounding from an earlier decline and heading for a small weekly gain, although concern about the strength of demand growth limited the rise.
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2014 Farm Bill: Are we near an agreement?
The first of three steps have been taken toward a new Farm Bill, a 2014 version that will last through 2018 in all likelihood.
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Weather report: Thundershowers in the upper Midwest
In the West, cool air is expanding eastward, although warmth lingers across the central and southern Rockies. On the Plains, a cold front crossing Montana marks the leading edge of cooler air. In the Corn Belt, thundershowers are halting fieldwork in the upper Midwest. In the South, showers and thunderstorms are slowing or halting fieldwork in the northern Mississippi Delta and the Tennessee Valley.
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Ag markets were mixed again Friday morning
Both the equity markets and the U.S. dollar resumed their recent rallies early Friday morning, thereby exerting opposing forces upon the commodity markets.
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Oil ends slightly up, dour U.S. economic data caps gains
Brent June crude oil futures expired slightly higher on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker dollar even as a bevy of slack U.S. economic data capped gains in the stock market.
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Ag markets diverged significantly Thursday
Despite the system that came through the Corn Belt Wednesday, it looks as if short-term weather conditions will remain highly conducive to accelerated corn plantings.
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Midwest farmland values up 15 percent in 1st quarter
Farmland prices in the U.S. Midwest Corn Belt states rose 15 percent in the first quarter from the year before as demand for land remained strong though the frantic pace of recent gains slowed, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said on Thursday.
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Keystone XL oil pipeline bill moves to full U.S. House
The full U.S. House of Representatives will soon begin debate on a bill to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska Keystone XL oil pipeline, a lawmaker said on Thursday after his panel advanced the measure.
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USDA'S novel cell line identifies all FMD virus serotypes
USDA scientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which causes a highly contagious and economically devastating disease in cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals.
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Lower feed costs to drive pork production higher in 2014
The significant reductions in corn and soybean meal prices that USDA expects from larger 2013-2014 crops, should translate into welcome reductions in pork production costs in 2014.
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