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Nearly 60,000lbs of ground beef recalled over E. coli fears

Traces of E. coli found in raw beef produced in Wisconsin and shipped to Georgia, Michigan and Ohio

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

$1 million USDA grant a ‘tremendous help’ for Lexington’s Town Branch Park

Lexington’s Town Branch Park is a million dollars closer to completion, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Forestry Division.

WEKU · Sep 18, 2023

Sugar Prices Rally Towards 12-Year Highs on Brazilian Weather Forecasts

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Monday closed up +0.20 (+0.74%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed up +5.60 (+0.77%). Sugar prices Monday rallied back up towards last Friday's 12-year highs on forecasts for hot and dry weather in Brazil. Sugar prices were also boosted...

Barchart · Sep 18, 2023

Sugar Settles Higher on Strength in Brazilian Real and Crude Oil

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Thursday closed up +0.44 (+1.66%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed up +7.80 (+1.07%). Sugar prices Thursday closed moderately higher. Strength in the Brazilian real boosted sugar prices after the real (^USDBRL ) Thursday climbed to a 2-week high...

Barchart · Sep 14, 2023

How Do I Reconcile Wheat?

How do I reconcile the difference between what the market is telling us about fundamentals and USDA's supply and demand estimates? It's easy. I don't.

Barchart · Sep 13, 2023

Sugar Prices Retreat on Ramped-Up Production in Brazil

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.29 (-1.08%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed down -4.80 (-0.66%). Sugar prices Wednesday settled moderately lower on signs of strong sugar output in Brazil. On Wednesday, Unica reported that Brazil Center-South sugar output in the...

Barchart · Sep 13, 2023

USDA Reported a Tighter Beef Outlook

Cattle futures ended the session with a 7c loss in October and a 10 cent loss in Feb. The other nearbys were stronger, but gains were limited to 17 cents. The feeders were also mixed with losses of as much as 90 cents in Sep, but +/- 30 cents in...

Barchart · Sep 13, 2023

Sugar Closes Higher on Concerns About Smaller Global Sugar Output

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.43 (+1.63%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed up +13.30 (+1.81%). Sugar prices Tuesday closed moderately higher, with NY sugar posting a 4-1/2 month high. Over the past couple of weeks, sugar prices have risen on...

Barchart · Sep 12, 2023

Food recalls are on the rise. Why?

Trader Joe's had six recalls in five weeks, as Skippy and Hillshire Farms both pulled products. What's going on?

Salon · Sep 12, 2023

How rocks, insects, plastic, other foreign objects end up in our food

There have been high-profile recalls recently because food products were contaminated with foreign objects including stainless steel in peanut butter and bone fragments in smoked sausage.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 11, 2023