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U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

By Karl Plume 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly two per cent on Monday due to weather-damaged crops in key production areas around the world, while corn and soybeans firmed as wet U.S. Midwest conditions stoked concerns about reduced harvests. Some optimism that U.S.-China trade talks may get back on track also underpinned markets. The […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

By Karl Plume 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past three sessions topping 10 per […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

By Tom Polansek 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures slumped on Friday on expectations that crops may benefit next week from a break in the rains that stalled plantings across the American Midwest this spring. Widespread storms caused unprecedented delays in corn plantings and prevented farmers from planting crops across millions of acres. The weather […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

By Tom Polansek 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Hefty supplies of American pigs pushed Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures down by the daily exchange-imposed limit on Friday. Prices tumbled as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that meat companies such as Tyson Foods and JBS USA slaughtered 462,000 hogs, up nine per cent from a year earlier. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

By Tom Polansek 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Thursday as U.S. pork export sales to China continued to disappoint traders who have been expecting a surge of demand due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease in China. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also declined. Hog futures have pulled back 12 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

By Tom Polansek 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Thursday as expectations for more rain in the U.S. Midwest heightened worries about bad weather reducing autumn harvests. Forecasts called for rain over the next five days, which would keep some fields too wet to plant and add stress to planted crops that are […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

By Julie Ingwersen June 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday in light bargain-buying after last week’s slide to three-month lows, but soft cash markets and ample hog supplies hung over the market and limited rallies, traders said. CME July lean hog futures settled up 0.15 cent at 81.625 cents/lb. and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down second session after five-year high

By Julie Ingwersen June 19, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, sagging for a second straight session as an absence of fresh bullish news prompted investors to book profits after multi-year highs set this week. Soybean and wheat futures followed the weak trend, with a few analysts citing improving U.S. weather forecasts. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

By Julie Ingwersen June 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with expectations for a weak cash trade pressuring the benchmark August contract while back months ended firm, traders said. Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal. “The bids that were out […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

By Julie Ingwersen June 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Tuesday as government data showing a rain-delayed planting campaign was nearing an end encouraged a pause in a rally that took prices to a five-year high a day earlier. Wheat futures sank on profit-taking and competition for global export business. Soybeans edged higher, supported by ongoing […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

U.S. livestock: Hog futures limit down on supply glut

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

U.S. grains: Corn down second session after five-year high

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

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