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Ag markets generally mixed to start this week
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Oil slips towards $104 on demand outlook, dollar
Brent crude oil slipped towards $104 per barrel on Monday, weighed by ample supplies, weaker demand for fuel and a strong dollar, despite gains in equity markets.
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D.C. Watch: Farm bill progressing
The Senate Agriculture Committee made quick work of the farm bill last week. Passage by the full Senate is likely by this week. The House Agriculture Committee also passed a version of the farm bill last week, and it could come to the House floor in June.
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Oil rallies for third day, shrugging off firm dollar
Oil rose for a third straight session on Friday, supported by a raft of strong economic data from top oil consumer the United States that also boosted U.S. equities, even as the dollar hit a multi-year high.
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Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
The equity and U.S. dollar markets proved quite strong again Friday, but commodity traders seemed to pay more attention to the negative demand aspects of the greenback rally than to the economic strength implied by stock gains.
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Lower Q1 live swine imports
First-quarter U.S. imports of live swine from Canada, at 1.3 million head, were almost 8 percent lower than in the same period last year.
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Ag markets decidedly mixed on Friday morning
The equity and U.S. dollar markets proved quite strong again Friday, but commodity traders seemed to pay more attention to the negative demand aspects of the greenback rally than to the economic strength implied by stock gains.
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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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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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