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General Electric Co's plan to spin off energy units into a standalone company could attract investors looking for a well-known name in renewables if they can overlook legacy fossil-fuel operations, financial experts said.

Dominican Republic limits pig shipments, uses military to fight hog virus 07/29/2021 | 05:34pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields July 29 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic is halting pig shipments in two provinces and mobilizing the military to contain the deadly hog disease African swine fever, the countrys agriculture ministry said on Thursday. U.S. testing of 389 samples from pigs raised on farms and in backyards in the Dominican Republic indicate the contagious disease is in "a s...

6/28/2021 By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, June 28 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, with traders focused on forecasts for heat in the western U.S. Midwest that will quickly dry out soils in major production areas. "The forward forecasts have the heat that is presently over the Pacific Northwest to move over the western corn belt early next week, and even touch parts of Iowa by the end of next week," Charlie Sernatinger, global head of grain futures at ED&F...

6/11/2021 * Rains in parts of the Midwest, Northern Plains aid crops * Spring wheat futures guide wheat markets lower (Rewrites throughout with U.S. market open, adds analyst comment, updates prices, changes dateline from PARIS/CANBERRA) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean futures eased and soyoil futures plunged by their daily trading limit on Friday on concerns about demand for renewable fuel feedstocks after news the White House was considering offering fuel refi...

4/13/2021 By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, April 13 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Tuesday, bouncing back from two days of declines on bargain buying by investment funds and concerns about tight supplies of both commodities, traders said. Wheat futures also firmed, with concerns about dry soils limiting U.S. and European production underpinning prices. Corn and soybean futures found support at key technical points overnight. "We go up and down here primarily off of money flow," said...

Democrats say the tighter regulations are undemocratic and will hurt Black voters in particular. American Airlines and United Airlines have spoken out against measures that restrict voting access, sparking a furious response from Republicans who say the bills counter fraud. After Delta blasted Georgia’s Republican-backed voting bill last week, some lawmakers attempted to end its jet-fuel tax breaks. Now airlines are concerned that tax breaks that allow them to reduce fuel costs could be singl...

2/18/2021 * Traders await USDA supply/demand update on Friday * Wheat gains on harsh U.S. cold, surging European wheat (Adds closing prices) By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean futures retreated on Thursday after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected that U.S. farmers would devote more acres to the two crops this spring than any year on record. Wheat futures, meanwhile, climbed to the highest level in 2-1/2 weeks on rallying European wheat prices, a weaker d...

* Traders await USDA supply/demand update on Friday * Wheat gains on harsh U.S. cold, surging European wheat CHICAGO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean futures retreated on Thursday after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected that U.S. farmers would devote more acres to the two crops this spring than any year on record. Wheat futures, meanwhile, climbed to the highest level in 2-1/2 weeks on rallying European wheat prices, a weaker dollar and concerns about U.S. winter crop dama...

(Adds closing U.S. prices)By Julie IngwersenCHICAGO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday, rising more than 3% on fears that frigid temperatures in the bread basket of the Plains may have damaged winter wheat, analysts said.Corn and soybean futures followed the firm trend, with a strong U.S. soy-crushing pace and worries about harvest delays in Brazil lending support.

U.S. wheat futures climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday, rising more than 3% on fears that frigid temperatures in the bread basket of the Plains may have damaged winter wheat, analysts said. ...