Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended lower on Thursday on worries about global trade tensions threatening exports, analysts said, while wheat and corn firmed on bargain-buying and ideas of tightening global supplies. Chicago Board of Trade July soybeans settled down 4-1/2 cents at $10.18-1/2 per bushel (all figures US$). July wheat ended up […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans turn lower on trade tensions
U.S. grains: Wheat retreats on profit-taking, weather
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday on a mix of profit-taking following 10-month highs established a day earlier and improving weather forecasts for U.S. and Canadian spring wheat regions, analysts said. Corn futures hit a one-month low and soybeans followed the weak trend. As of 12:51 p.m. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on renewed U.S.-China trade tension
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about 1.5 per cent on Tuesday, with the front contract at times dropping below US$4 a bushel as U.S. trade tensions with China re-emerged, analysts said. Wheat turned lower after climbing to multi-month highs, and soybeans also slipped. Chicago Board of Trade July corn settled down six […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans to one-month low on technicals, trade worries
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a month on Friday on a mix of technical selling ahead of the weekend and uncertainty about how trade disputes would affect exports, analysts said. Wheat and corn also fell, pressured by long liquidation and bearish data in Thursday’s supply/demand reports from […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bearish USDA crop forecast
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a near two-week low on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first official estimate of the 2018-19 U.S. wheat harvest came in above trade expectations. Soybean futures rose, while corn followed wheat lower. CBOT July wheat settled down four cents at $5.06-1/2 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn lower ahead of monthly USDA reports
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Wednesday on position-squaring ahead of a monthly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and forecasts for welcome rains in Russia’s crop belt, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures were also lower ahead of the USDA’s report, while soyoil futures firmed, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries, bargain buying
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rose Tuesday on bargain hunting following Monday’s sharp declines, and worries about wet forecasts slowing planting in portions of the northern Midwest, analysts said. U.S. wheat futures finished mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures rising while K.C. hard red winter wheat […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy hits one-month low as soymeal falls
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-month low Monday as soymeal tumbled for a fourth straight session, pressured by long liquidation and easing concerns about a crop shortfall in Argentina, analysts said. Wheat declined in largely technical moves, with traders taking profits after last week’s multimonth highs. Corn followed the weak […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit multimonth highs
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to multimonth highs Thursday on a mix of short-covering and worries about the size of the hard red winter wheat crop in top producer Kansas, traders said. Soybeans rose, staging a late-session rally that some traders attributed to optimism about the outcome of U.S. trade talks with […] Read more
USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports
Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is analyzing information and surveying the livestock sector to determine whether the agency should change the times it releases cattle and hog reports, a top agency official said on Tuesday. USDA is open to changing its schedules in 2019 if the review indicates that is warranted, […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
