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U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

By Mark Weinraub August 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

By Mark Weinraub August 10, 2017

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn and soybean yield and production […] Read more

Corn, Crops

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

By Mark Weinraub August 3, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – The full impact of a hot and dry summer in the U.S. Midwest is unlikely to show up in the government’s next estimate of the U.S. corn crop as it typically makes just small adjustments to its harvest outlook during August. The U.S. Agriculture Department will update its yield projection in its monthly […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

By MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Argentina’s hope for a near-record wheat crop have been dampened by excessive rain and below-average seedings. With planting nearly complete, the United States Department of Agriculture office in Buenos Aires has estimated the Argentine wheat crop at 12.8 million acres. That falls about one million acres below the official USDA forecast of […] Read more

Corn, Markets, Soybeans

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 2, 2017

CNS Canada – Improving Midwestern weather forecasts weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended August 2, with all eyes now turning to upcoming USDA data. The USDA is set to release a number of key reports on August 10, including updated world supply/demand numbers and US […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Improved cash prices lift CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News July 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished firmer on Friday, led by higher cash prices than earlier this week, traders said. Technical buying and futures’ discounts to cash returns provided more market support. Investors were awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday at 2 p.m. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slump on profit-taking, cash caution

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News July 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday, erasing most of Wednesday’s gains, pressured by profit-taking and caution while awaiting remaining cash prices, traders said. Technical selling contributed to market losses ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday, traders said. USDA will […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

By Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel July 20, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one of the world’s top exporters, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

By Mark Weinraub July 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Thursday to their highest respective levels in more than a week, supported by forecasts for hot weather that will stress crops in key growing regions, traders said. Both commodities notched their third straight day of gains. Corn led the sector, rising 2.1 per cent, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News July 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained sharply on Wednesday, fueled by short-covering in response to higher-than-expected preliminary cash prices, said traders. They said fund buying contributed to market advances. August ended 2.2 cents/lb. higher at 117.275 cents and above the 20-day moving average of 115.838 cents (all figures US$). October […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

U.S. livestock: Improved cash prices lift CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slump on profit-taking, cash caution

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump

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