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U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers cheered the Trump administration’s announcement of a potentially dramatic increase in U.S. agricultural sales to China on Friday but warned they needed to see a follow-through of actual purchases. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the agricultural purchases could scale up to $40 billion-$50 billion annually as part of a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn falls after higher yield estimate surprises traders

By Tom Polansek 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than a week on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department surprised traders by raising its domestic yield estimate in a monthly crop report. The losses dragged down soybean futures, which earlier approached a three-month high on lower-than-expected U.S. yield and ending […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs slip despite record-large pork sales to China

By Tom Polansek 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures sagged on Thursday as the confirmation of record-large weekly pork export sales to China failed to impress traders who have been expecting a surge in demand for months. Uncertainty about when the pork will be shipped to China also kept a lid on gains, traders said. The […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

By Tom Polansek October 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA will remove a growth drug banned by Beijing from its U.S. hog supply, the company said on Friday, accelerating the competition for pork exports as China grapples with a devastating pig disease. The meat packer’s move away from the drug ractopamine, a feed additive, shows how companies are maneuvering […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy tops two-month high on China buying, inventory shock

By Tom Polansek October 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures prices rose to the highest level in more than two months on Tuesday, adding to gains from the previous session when Chinese purchases and a lower-than-expected estimate of U.S. stockpiles buoyed prices. Corn also advanced after rallying four per cent on Monday as a quarterly U.S. Department of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

By Tom Polansek October 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. livestock futures fell on Tuesday as hogs retreated from a two-month high reached a day earlier. December lean hog futures sank 2.675 cents to 69.925 cents/lb. at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (all figures US$). The setback came after the contract reached its highest price since July 31 on Monday amid […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

By Tom Polansek September 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures touched a two-month high on Monday on technical buying and hopes for more export sales to China, brokers said. Traders are waiting for confirmation of Chinese buying as the Asian nation is struggling with an outbreak of African swine fever, a fatal pig disease that has decimated its […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rally on smaller-than-expected stockpiles

By Tom Polansek September 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — China bought more U.S. soybeans on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported crop stockpiles were smaller than traders expected, sending futures prices to nine-week highs. Corn futures set an eight-week high after the USDA report also showed tighter-than-expected inventories of the yellow grain. Farmers welcomed the rallies after crop […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

By Tom Polansek September 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures finished near unchanged on Thursday after initially rising on hopes for further Chinese purchases, traders said. China, the world’s largest soybean importer, will buy about six million tonnes of soy from the United States before trade talks in early October, said a chief analyst at Shanghai JC Intelligence […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

By Kaori Kaneko, Linda Sieg, Tom Polansek September 26, 2019

Tokyo/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef exporters, unhappy after President Donald Trump pulled out of a multilateral trade pact in 2017, stand to sell more meat in Japan after the U.S. leader and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cut a deal to slice into tariffs. But agriculture experts say that for now, that boost may […] Read more

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Author Archives Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

U.S. grains: Corn falls after higher yield estimate surprises traders

U.S. livestock: Hogs slip despite record-large pork sales to China

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

U.S. grains: Soy tops two-month high on China buying, inventory shock

U.S. livestock: Hogs retreat from Monday’s two-month high

U.S. livestock: Hogs up on technical buying, demand hopes

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rally on smaller-than-expected stockpiles

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

Japan deal levels field for U.S. beef, but sales surge unlikely

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