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Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
Crude oil prices rose on Monday against a weaker dollar, but ample oil supplies limited gains, even as equity markets hovered at record levels.
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Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
Drier weather last week gave farmers the opportunity they needed to make up for lost time. After struggling for weeks against the wetter weather, they were able to get 71 percent of the corn in the ground.
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Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently launched an online system that modernizes the way the agency informs the U.S. agricultural industry regarding changes in international food and agriculture regulations that could affect U.S. exports.
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Meat and poultry trends in the U.S.
Meat consumption in the U.S. has been on the decline for nearly a decade. Several factors account for this change, but two in particular stand out.
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STERLING PROFIT TRACKER
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BEEF
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CATTLE
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COMMENTARY
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- Boxed beef run continues; feedlot inventories down less
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- Feeder cattle review: On feed report neutral to slightly bearish

- Cattle Outlook: Retail choice beef up 9% over past 2 years
- Schwieterman: Another day of new all-time highs for beef cutouts
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FEEDER CATTLE
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- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability



