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U.S. grains: Corn jumps four per cent

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures surged more than four per cent on Friday while wheat and soybeans also firmed, buoyed by expectations for a partial U.S.-China trade deal and worries about wintry weather threatening crops in the Midwest, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled up 17-1/2 cents at $3.97-3/4 a […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures up on trade progress, firm cash

By Julie Ingwersen 3 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose more than one per cent on Friday, following broad strength in commodities tied to hopes for a U.S.-China trade deal, along with firm cash values for hogs and pork, analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange benchmark December lean hog futures settled up 1.125 cents at 69.6 cents/lb. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise on China trade optimism

By Julie Ingwersen 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday for a second straight session on hopes that U.S. trade talks with China, at a time of surging Chinese pork prices, could bolster U.S. pork exports, traders said. CME December lean hog futures settled up 2.075 cents at 69.475 cents/lb., just […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trade optimism, Midwest weather

By Julie Ingwersen 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to their highest level in nearly three months on Wednesday before paring gains, supported by optimism about increased Chinese purchases and fears that a winter storm in the upper U.S. Midwest could threaten late-maturing crops. Corn closed modestly lower and wheat was little changed, with both commodities […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

By Julie Ingwersen October 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Monday on position-squaring ahead of a key monthly U.S. government crop report later this week and worries about forecasts for a freeze looming for the northwestern Corn Belt, traders said. Soybeans and wheat closed lower after a choppy session. Chicago Board of Trade December corn […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on U.S.-China trade jitters

By Julie Ingwersen October 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures fell their daily limit on Monday, declining for a fifth straight session as an aggressive slaughter pace and uncertainty about this week’s U.S. trade talks with China overshadowed rising pork cut-out values, traders said. The selloff came as U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators launched a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

By Julie Ingwersen September 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month have already slowed fieldwork and […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

By Julie Ingwersen September 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies of top grades of the grains, handlers and agronomists said. Rains and heavy dew have slowed the harvest and, worse, caused mature, un-harvested wheat kernels […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

By Julie Ingwersen September 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a one-month high on Thursday on news of fresh export sales to China and signs of a possible easing of the U.S. trade dispute with the world’s biggest buyer of the oilseed. Corn and wheat futures also rose, following soybeans. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit down on weak cash prices

By Julie Ingwersen September 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Front-month live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell their daily limit on Friday, dipping to the lowest level since 2016 as traders reacted to weak cash cattle prices, brokers said. Cash cattle traded at $100/cwt this week in Texas and Kansas, traders said, down from $103 last week (all […] Read more

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Author Archives Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn jumps four per cent

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up on trade progress, firm cash

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise on China trade optimism

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trade optimism, Midwest weather

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on U.S.-China trade jitters

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit down on weak cash prices

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