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U.S. livestock: Live cattle sharply higher, shrug off USDA report

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News June 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed sharply higher on Monday, with the August contract up the three-cent per pound daily price limit, helped by buy stops and fund buying, said traders. They said Monday morning’s wholesale beef price upswing and back-month futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices offset initial […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Brazil farm minister heads to U.S. over fresh beef ban

By Bruno Federowski, Roberto Samora June 23, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s agriculture minister prepared to travel to the U.S. on Friday to fight a ban on imports of fresh Brazilian beef, which hit shares of local meatpackers and revived concerns about the image of the world’s largest beef exporter. “We will fight for this market!” said the minister, billionaire soy […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit one-year high as pork prices extend gains

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday, with the front-month contract rising to the highest levels in a year on support from rising prices for wholesale pork, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange July lean hogs notched life-of-contract highs for the third straight session as investors continued to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy set for major move on acres

By Dave Sims June 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade could be set for a major move depending on what the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveals in next week’s acreage estimates, according to an analyst. “We’ll find out, did we really plant the 90 million (acres) or are we under?” said Scott Capinegro, president […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat dips, halting rally as weather damage assessed

By Julie Ingwersen June 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday, after hitting their highest level in a year as traders assessed the extent to which hot, dry weather would dent a global market laden with record inventories. Corn and soybean futures declined as forecasts called for benign crop weather in the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. beef speeds to China by air as ban ends

By Tom Polansek June 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– The first shipment of U.S. beef to China under a new trade deal went airborne on Wednesday, a Nebraska meat company said, just two days after Washington finalized details to resume exports, ending a 14-year ban. Greater Omaha Packing Co. said it shipped beef by plane to China from Nebraska, a […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from losses in the previous session on support from sharply higher wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for U.S. pork extended gains to the highest levels in more than two years, according to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: MGEX wheat rallies as conditions worsen in Plains

By Mark Weinraub June 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures jumped 4.6 per cent to their highest in 2-1/2 years on Tuesday, pulling soft red winter wheat and hard red winter contracts higher on growing worries about crop health in the dry U.S. Plains, traders said. The rally stemmed from a U.S. Agriculture Department report released on […] Read more

CocoRaHS’ precipitation map of the U.S. for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. June 12. (Cocorahs.org)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Improving weather views pressure corn, soy, wheat

By Mark Weinraub June 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped 2.8 per cent on Monday on forecasts for rain that is expected to bolster the health of a crop stressed by adverse weather throughout planting and early development, traders said. The improving weather view also weighed on wheat and soybean futures as traders used it as an […] Read more

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Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay June 9, 2017

When markets behave unexpectedly, it’s valuable to look back and see what the key drivers were to create such conditions. That’s just as true for cattle and beef markets as it is for financial markets. In the case of the first two in the U.S, aggressive feedlot marketings and better than expected beef demand at […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle sharply higher, shrug off USDA report

Brazil farm minister heads to U.S. over fresh beef ban

U.S. livestock: Hogs hit one-year high as pork prices extend gains

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy set for major move on acres

U.S. grains: Wheat dips, halting rally as weather damage assessed

U.S. beef speeds to China by air as ban ends

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

U.S. grains: MGEX wheat rallies as conditions worsen in Plains

U.S. grains: Improving weather views pressure corn, soy, wheat

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