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Exclusive: North Carolina firms ink deals to import 826,733 tons of corn

August 23, 2021 at 2:53 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hog producer Prestage Farms Inc and two other livestock companies in North Carolina have signed deals to import 750,000 metric tons (826733.48 tons) of corn from Brazil...

Coast Guard eases barge draft restrictions on lower Mississippi River

August 22, 2019 at 5:34 a.m.

(Reuters) - Barge draft restrictions on the lower Mississippi River were eased slightly this week as heavy rain from Hurricane Isaac replenished the drought-depleted waterway and allowed shippers to transport...

Coast Guard eases barge draft restrictions on lower Mississippi River

August 23, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

(Reuters) - Barge draft restrictions on the lower Mississippi River were eased slightly this week as heavy rain from Hurricane Isaac replenished the drought-depleted waterway and allowed shippers to transport...

Exclusive: Marubeni’s $5.6 billion Gavilon deal hits delay

December 24, 2018 at 1:18 p.m.

TOKYO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The completion of Japanese trader Marubeni Corp's purchase of U.S. grain merchant Gavilon is being delayed by at least two months as talks on ownership of an...

Exclusive: Marubeni’s $5.6 billion Gavilon deal hits delay

August 23, 2021 at 12:47 p.m.

TOKYO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The completion of Japanese trader Marubeni Corp's purchase of U.S. grain merchant Gavilon is being delayed by at least two months as talks on ownership of an...

Low water strands 97 vessels on Mississippi River: USCG

August 23, 2021 at 12:41 p.m.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that 97 vessels were stranded by low water on the Mississippi River near Greenville, Mississippi, after it closed an 11-mile stretch...

Low water strands 97 vessels on Mississippi River: USCG

August 22, 2019 at 5:21 a.m.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that 97 vessels were stranded by low water on the Mississippi River near Greenville, Mississippi, after it closed an 11-mile stretch...

Drought slashes Midwest corn crop

August 23, 2021 at 11:22 a.m.

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower...

Drought slashes Midwest corn crop

December 24, 2018 at 10:46 a.m.

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower...

Drought-hit corn overshadows good crops in Illinois

December 24, 2018 at 11:03 a.m.

CORALVILLE, Illinois (Reuters) - The corn crop in central and western Illinois showed lower yield potential than last year as the worst U.S. drought in decades eroded grain production in...

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