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U.S. grains: Wheat retreats on profit-taking, weather

By Julie Ingwersen May 30, 2018

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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

By Michael Hirtzer May 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its monthly Cattle on Feed report […] Read more

Chickpeas. (Grigorenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Farmers in the U.S. may have planted fewer pulse acres in 2018 compared to the previous year — but the reduction was likely not as large as forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A return to average yields would also still result in big supplies overall, after poor crops in 2017, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains dryness, technical buying

By Karl Plume May 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged nearly three per cent on Tuesday on technical buying and crop production concerns due to dry weather in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and other major production areas around the globe. Corn futures advanced on spillover support from wheat, while soybeans advanced on follow-through buying from Monday’s […] Read more

A wheat crop in progress on May 24, 2016 north of London, Ont. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

By Mark Weinraub May 17, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, their third straight day of gains, on worries that adverse weather will lead to crop shortfalls in key growing areas around the world, traders said. Soybean futures fell, pressured by fresh concerns about exports. Corn futures closed lower on long liquidation by funds after failing […] Read more

A farmer plants corn near Ashland, Ill., northwest of Springfield, on April 14, 2016. (Photo: DMathies/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end higher after choppy trade

By Mark Weinraub May 15, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest will stall the tail end of planting, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed, snapping a four-session losing streak on short-covering and bargain buying. Soybean futures also closed firm after trading in negative territory […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

By Mark Weinraub May 14, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth straight losing session, falling through […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: June live cattle limit down in technical selloff

By Michael Hirtzer May 14, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures tumbled two per cent or more on Monday, with the front-month June contract falling by its three-cents per pound daily limit in a technical selloff, traders said. Sufficient cattle supplies and weaker trades last week in U.S. Plains cash steer markets also weighed on futures. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans to one-month low on technicals, trade worries

By Julie Ingwersen May 11, 2018

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

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 10, 2018

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average trade guesses. Total wheat production […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat retreats on profit-taking, weather

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains dryness, technical buying

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end higher after choppy trade

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

U.S. livestock: June live cattle limit down in technical selloff

U.S. grains: Soybeans to one-month low on technicals, trade worries

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

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