Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned lower on Friday on technical trading, month-end positioning and ongoing concerns that high retail beef prices could chill consumer demand later this summer, traders said.			
		
	U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower, hogs higher, on month-end positioning
Flooding in Midwest provides some support for hogs as roads, rail lines washed out around processors
	U.S. grains: Corn tumbles to contract lows on additional US corn acres
								Chicago September corn CU24 plunged on Friday to contract lows after U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed far more acres planted with the grain than expected due to favorable spring weather.			
		
	U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on strong demand ahead of acreage report
								Chicago wheat futures surged on Thursday, recovering from a string of retreats on bargain buying and strong export demand, analysts said.			
		
	U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned lower on Thursday, ahead of a quarterly government report that many traders had predicted would show that U.S. farmers had a slightly larger hog herd, traders said.			
		
	US farm agency to pay farmers for milk loss due to bird flu
								The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin compensating dairy farmers for the loss of milk supply due to bird flu-infected cows, the agency said on Thursday.			
		
	U.S. grains: Wheat holds, corn and soy fall on positioning ahead of USDA report
								Chicago Board of Trade wheat held steady on Wednesday after notching a more than two-month low the day before on bargain buying and positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage report.			
		
	U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned higher on Wednesday as fund investors adjusted their positions and sought short-covering, even as many contracts set new lows for a second trading day, traders said.			
		
	EU governments fail to agree on gene-editing rules despite patent exception
								A last-ditch attempt by EU governments to break a deadlock over relaxing regulations on gene-edited crops failed after countries including Poland rejected changes to the text that exempted patented seeds from the measure.			
		
	U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall as investors digest US heat, flood impact
								Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of flooding and heat on crops in the central U.S.			
		
	US to clarify enforcement of antitrust laws in meatpacking
								Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.