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CHICAGO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has appointed Toronto-based Juniper Park, an Omnicom Group company, agency of record for its entire Quaker Foods & Snacks North America portfolio of brands. "We're excited to expand our relationship with Juniper Park to now include our entire Quaker Foods and Snacks portfolio," said Kirsten Lynch, Quaker Chief Marketing Officer. "Quaker is the jewel in the PepsiCo family of...

A new study has discovered that consuming large quantities of whole grains could potentially prevent high blood pressure.In the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, men eating the greatest amount of whole-grains were shown to be 19 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than men who ate the least amount of whole grains.Refined grains have had their hearty external coating removed, while whole grain keep their bran in germ, giving them a higher level of...

Grain futures closed mostly higher Monday after stocks on Wall Street closed in the black following four consecutive trading sessions in the red. Corn was up 7 1/4 to up 8, soybeans were off 4 1/2 to unchanged; wheat was up 1 to up 1 1/2 and oats were up 1 1/2. Corn futures rose supported by the dollar's decline against the euro and the yen Monday. Wheat rose despite beneficial rain expected in Argentina. Soybean futures fell with the 2009 U.S. harvest 15 percent complete, the U.S....

Grain futures closed lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday as equities dropped on Wall Street for the fourth consecutive day. Corn was off 6 1/2 to off 7, soybeans were off 27 1/4 to off 33, wheat was off 11 1/2 to off 11 3/4 and oats were off 3 to off 3 1/2. Corn futures dropped with forecasts calling for sharp temperature drops for next week in the Midwest. Wheat prices fell despite dry weather stressing the wheat crop in Australia. Soybeans fell with Chinese markets closed for a...

Grain futures closed lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday as equities on Wall Street tumbled hard on the first day of the fourth quarter. Corn was off 3 1/2 to off 3 3/4, soybeans were off 7 1/4 to off 9 1/4, wheat was off 4 1/2 to off 6 1/2 and oats were off 9 to off 10. Corn futures dropped with rain currently slowing the Midwest harvest. Wheat prices fell with export sales at 41.6 percent of the forecast, more than 10 percentage points behind the five-year rolling average. Soybean...

Grain futures closed mostly higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday while equities wobbled, and then closed lower on Wall Street. Corn was up 2 3/4 to up 3, soybeans were up 10 to up 11, wheat was up 7 1/4 to up 9 3/4 and oats were off 1. Corn futures rose as the U.S. Department of Agriculture said corn stocks Sept. 1 were 45 million bushels below expectations. Wheat closed higher despite stockpiles reported at about 80 million bushels above expectations. Soybean stocks were listed at...

U.S. grain futures closed mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade as equities surged on Wall Street. Corn was up 4 1/2 to up 4 3/4, soybeans were off 6 1/2 to off 10 3/4, wheat was up 4 to up 6 and oats were up 6. Corn futures closed higher with the harvest under way, but still lagging behind the crop's historic average. Wheat futures rose with dry weather persistent in Argentina's wheat belt. Soybeans, also lagging in the USDA weekly crop report, lost ground despite a sale of 225,000...

Grain futures closed mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade as the dollar lost ground against the euro and the yen. Corn was off 2 1/2 to off 3 1/4, soybeans were up 4 1/2 to up 6 1/2, wheat was off 18 1/2 to off 23 1/4 and oats were unchanged. Corn futures opened higher, but turned lower in late afternoon with the harvest in the Midwest just underway. Wheat prices fell with a freeze expected in eastern Australia and rain delaying Delta planting. India reported a slightly increased...

Grain futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday as equities failed to make headway on Wall Street. Corn was up 5 3/4 to up 6 1/2, soybeans were off 1/2 to off 1 1/2, wheat was up 13 to up 16 and oats were up 3 to up 3 1/2. Corn futures rose with weather patterns in the Midwest staying clear of a hard frost. Wheat prices rose with Morocco tendering for 600,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat. Soybeans prices dropped slightly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture announcing the...

Grain futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday as forecasts of a frost in the northern U.S. Midwest returned. Corn was up 3 1/2 to up 4, soybeans were off 1 3/4 to off 5 1/2, wheat was up 4 to up 4 1/4 and oats were up 3. Corn futures closed higher with few sellers active Wednesday. Wheat closed higher despite improved weather conditions in Argentina. Forecasts also call for the possibility of freezing temperatures in China's Heilongjiang province, a soybean growing area,...