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ICE July 2023 canola with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right scale) and CBOT July 2023 soybean oil (dark green line, left scale). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola market rising into summer

New StatCan acreage estimates out next week

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MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts have climbed steadily higher since their late-May lows, nearing chart resistance to the upside on the first day of summer. Updated renewable fuel targets released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to live up to expectations, sparking a speculative selloff in soyoil. While the limit-down move in soyoil […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather fuels rallies in grain prices

Rains expected in U.S. Plains states

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MarketsFarm — Weather and less-than-stellar crop conditions were the primary factors that caused week-long rallies on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday. Ongoing dryness in most areas of the U.S. saw crops begin to deteriorate. The corn crop dropped six points to 55 per cent good to excellent as of […] Read more
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to multi-month highs on weather concerns

Meteorologists 'pretty much threw in the towel'

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose to multi-month highs on Wednesday, supported by concerns about crop shortfalls around the globe due to adverse weather in key production areas. “Listening to the meteorologists this morning, they pretty much threw in the towel on any moisture for the dry areas of the […] Read more
CME August 2023 feeder cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2; right scale) and CBOT September 2023 corn (orange line, left scale). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle down as corn extends rally

Hogs end lower off early gains

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures eased on Wednesday, with surging corn prices expected to boost feeding costs in the coming weeks, traders said. But live cattle contracts were close to unchanged. Hog futures fell from a nine-month high on a round of profit-taking, with the most-active August contract snapping a […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally to nine-month high; cattle ease

Cattle futures weaker on seasonal slowdown and profit-taking round

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose to a nine-month high as a recent slowdown in the pace of slaughter limited the amount of retail supplies. Cattle futures were weaker on an expected seasonal slowdown and a round of profit-taking, traders said. CME July hogs jumped three cents to 95.85 cents per […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures steady; wheat mixed

Large Russian exports tempered fears of Black Sea corridor agreement breakdown

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures steadied on Tuesday after the market rallied sharply at the end of last week on concerns that hot and dry weather will lead to harvest shortfalls. The market remained underpinned by the most recent forecasts, which remained unfavourable for key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest, […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE canola futures see record daily trade volume

Previous record trading day was in 2014

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MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market on Friday saw its busiest day ever, with over 90,000 contracts traded during the session, according to preliminary data. Intermonth spreading accounted for roughly half of the trade volumes on Friday as investors were busy rolling out of the front month. Daily trade volumes in canola are typically […] Read more
CBOT July 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2) and December 2023 corn (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat set multi-month highs on weather worries

U.S. markets closed Monday for Juneteenth

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures all closed higher on Friday and all set multi-month highs during the session as worries about stressful dry conditions in key portions of the Midwest prompted a flurry of buying ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, analysts said. “We have an issue here in the […] Read more
CME August 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up as beef prices climb

Chicago lean hogs close mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday ahead of a long U.S. holiday weekend, supported by strong beef prices and profitable margins for beef packers, traders said. CME’s benchmark August live cattle contract settled up 0.65 cent at 171.725 cents/lb. (all figures US$). The U.S. Department of […] Read more
CME August 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle inch higher in technical bounce

Chicago lean hogs end mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed modestly higher on Thursday on rising wholesale beef prices and a technical bounce after the benchmark August contract dipped to a two-week low. The cattle market has been consolidating after a surge to contract highs on June 7 triggered several days of […] Read more

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