Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures fell while feeder cattle futures rose on year-end positioning, according to analysts, with the trade thin between Christmas and New Year holidays. Many funds still have net long positions, said Doug Houghton, analyst at Brock Associates, “If they’re taking profits, that’s going […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning
U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago grains and oilseeds fell on Monday in thin holiday season trade, as market players weighed how markets would be affected by news from Russia, Ukraine and China, according to analysts. There were positive signals from talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to end the war […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm as traders gauge China purchases
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures ticked up on Wednesday as traders eyed Chinese purchases of U.S. beans under a bilateral trade truce and adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, analysts said. The oilseed market remained underpinned by indications of Chinese demand, with traders telling Reuters that China bought at least 10 cargoes […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn, wheat fall in USDA data aftermath
Chicago grains took a dive on Friday, following a closely watched U.S. government crop report and the release of export data that could provide clues into Chinese buying.
U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops
Chicago soybean prices firmed on Friday in a bargain-buying bounce after a sharp fall on Thursday, as traders assessed prospects for more U.S. sales to China after the trade war truce between the countries.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand
Chicago soybean and wheat futures took a nosedive on Thursday, retreating from multi-month highs, as signs of only limited Chinese purchases from the United States tempered optimism about fresh demand following a bilateral trade truce.
U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed
Chicago soybean prices rose on Wednesday, recovering some of the previous session’s losses, as Beijing’s confirmation that it was cutting tariffs on U.S. farm goods put attention back on a trade truce between the countries.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on investor expectations that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins might announce a re-opening of the border with Mexico for cattle imports in a speech in Oklahoma on Friday. The U.S. is currently closed to cattle imports from Mexico because of an infestation south of the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy and corn ease as traders await US crop report
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans and corn dipped on Wednesday as traders squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand report due on Friday, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat dropped on falling global demand. The USDA is expected to trim U.S. soybean and corn yield forecasts on Friday, though production […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures ticked up on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with shrinking trade expectations on what are still expected to be large crops, according to analysts. A weaker dollar also underpinned grains and soybeans. Chicago Board of Trade most-active December corn […] Read more
