Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Friday, amid growing uncertainty over packer interest after the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, traders said.			
		 
	U.S. livestock: Live cattle mixed, feeder cattle lower ahead of holiday weekend
 
	U.S. grains: Wheat rises 7 per cent this week on Russia crop worries
								Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed nearly flat on Friday but rose seven per cent for the week as concerns grew over crop losses in Russia and other exporting countries.			
		 
	Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study
								Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.			
		 
	Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says
								Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday.			
		 
	U.S. committee passes farm bill draft with little support from Democrats
								The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies.			
		 
	U.S. grains: Wheat ends up on Black Sea crop worries, but rally seen losing steam
								Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures extended gains on Thursday after reaching a 10-month peak a day earlier, as lingering dryness and worries over the Black Sea crop continued to underpin the market.			
		 
	U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit three-month low on weaker cash prices
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures slumped to a February low on Thursday under pressure from solid U.S. production and weaker cash prices, traders said.			
		 
	U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue to rally, lean hogs weaken
								Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures rallied on Wednesday amid expectations of strength in the cash markets, while lean hog futures faced continued pressure from data showing that U.S. packers are processing a glut of pork, analysts said.			
		 
	U.S. grains: Wheat sets 10-month high on deteriorating Russian harvest prospects
								Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed to a 10-month peak on Wednesday as worries grew about deteriorating harvest prospects in top exporter Russia, before the market turned lower.			
		 
	Second US dairy worker infected with bird flu
								A Michigan health official on Wednesday said that a dairy worker had contracted bird flu, the second U.S. human case reported since the virus was first confirmed in dairy cattle in late March.			
		 
            