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USDA addresses poultry contracts.
Dec 05, 2009 ... USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) published a final rule (effective Jan. 4, 2010), setting new requirements for poultry production contracts, including that companies have to give growers a "true written ...
Pilgrim's Pride may exit bankruptcy.
Dec 05, 2009 ... A court hearing this week will determine whether Pilgrim's Pride will ...
Corn, wheat see pressure with demand aiding beans; hog traders still bullish.
Dec 05, 2009 ... December was expected to open with a rush of fund buying but that didn't happen, prompting long-liquidation to mount for corn and wheat futures. Strength in the greenback also put pressure on futures to wrap up the first week of the month. Soybeans did see some profit-taking pressure as ...
Climate change challenges significant.
Dec 05, 2009 ... Updated impacts of climate-change legislation delivered by USDA (see News page 3) raise a number of critical questions for U.S. agriculture that need to be answered: * Assumptions: These are oh so important when discussing impacts of this legislation, especially USDA's analysis ...
Argy soybean prospects shrinking.
Dec 05, 2009 ... USDA's November estimate of Argentina's 2009-10 soybean crop is 53.0 million metric tons (MMT), but with weather issues confronting the crop, USDA may well lower their peg in this ...