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U.S. livestock: CME hogs tumble after again nearing six-month high

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News January 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs ended sharply lower on Thursday pressured by weaker initial cash prices and fund liquidation, but not before futures approached a six-month high for a second straight session, said traders. February hogs ended 1.675 cents/lb. lower at 65.85 cents (all figures US$). April closed 2.925 cents lower […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up on strong exports, ethanol demand

By Julie Ingwersen, Renita D. Young January 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched a six-month high on Friday, buoyed by robust demand from exporters and ethanol producers, analysts said. Wheat followed corn higher in largely technical trade while soybeans eased on profit-taking. But all three markets posted weekly gains. Chicago Board of Trade March corn settled up 3-1/2 cents at […] Read more

Sonny Perdue with wife Mary during a rain prayer service in 2007. (SonnyPerdue.Georgia.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Trump to name ex-Georgia governor as ag secretary

By Reuters January 19, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will name former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as his nominee for secretary of agriculture on Thursday, a senior transition official saidn Wednesday. Perdue, 70, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during his presidential campaign. His nomination, which must be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, will complete Trump’s […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up for third straight day

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News January 19, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday for a third day in a row, following the morning’s wholesale beef price upswing and initial cash price strength, traders said. February live cattle closed 0.7 cent/lb. higher at 120.275 cents, and April closed up 0.4 cent to 119.4 cents (all […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn can’t keep their distance from Argentina

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 18, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted sharp gains over the past week, as weather concerns in Argentina and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report sparked a rally. South American weather also underpinned the corn market — and both commodities will be following the forecasts out of the region […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

By Mark Weinraub January 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday on follow-through buying on the U.S. Agriculture Department’s surprise cut to its domestic production estimate and ending stocks on Thursday, traders said. Soymeal led soybeans higher on concerns that forecasts for more rain in Argentina could limit the size of the soybean crop in the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday, extending losses to the second straight session on a technical sell-off as wholesale beef prices also continued to lose ground, traders and analysts said. Lean hogs were mixed at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with some front-month hog futures contracts rising […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

By Julie Ingwersen January 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a 3-1/2-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its estimate of the 2016 soy harvest and lowered its forecast of domestic inventories, analysts said. Wheat futures advanced after the USDA said farmers planted the fewest U.S. acres to winter wheat since 1909. Corn […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek January 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has left the agriculture secretary as the last department head to be named to his cabinet, while a meeting with the chief executives of two agribusiness giants gave a hint at a roster of farm issues the incoming president will face. Trump met on Wednesday with the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Winter Wheat

U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

By Mark Weinraub January 12, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday. USDA also dialed back its harvest estimates for the U.S. soybean and corn crops but 2016-17 marketing year production of […] Read more

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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: CME hogs tumble after again nearing six-month high

U.S. grains: Corn up on strong exports, ethanol demand

Trump to name ex-Georgia governor as ag secretary

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up for third straight day

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn can’t keep their distance from Argentina

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling

U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot

U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

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