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U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month high on signs of tightening supplies

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures touched a three-month high on Friday, buoyed by rising cash prices and signs of tightening global supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on worries about the size of the U.S. harvest while corn fell on disappointing weekly U.S. export sales. At the Chicago Board of Trade, December soft […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

By Julie Ingwersen July 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell about three per cent on Thursday on sluggish cash markets, traders said, retreating after a two-session surge that lifted the August contract to a near-three-week high a day earlier. CME August lean hogs settled down 2.55 cents at 79.175 cents/lb., one day after […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

By P.j. Huffstutter June 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rose on Thursday, rebounding after two days of deep losses, with support from dry weather that is expected to reduce yields in Russia and Australia. Traders said they are monitoring wet conditions in the southern U.S. Plains and Midwest that threaten winter wheat quality, as well as the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Corn rally drags on feeder cattle futures

By P.j. Huffstutter June 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A rally in corn prices sent feeder cattle futures sliding on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Thursday, while deferred live cattle futures inched upward earlier in the day on signs of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures were choppy early, as weather forecasts across the U.S. Midwest continued to show a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn to seven-week high as rain threatens planting

By Julie Ingwersen May 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday for a fourth straight session as dismal weather forecasts signalled further planting delays in the Midwest, prompting commodity funds to cover short positions, analysts said. Chicago wheat futures hit a one-month high, led by corn, and soybeans followed the firm trend. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

By Julie Ingwersen April 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged on Thursday, with the five most actively traded contracts settling down the daily three-cent-per-pound limit after weekly U.S. export data showed no new pork sales to China, traders said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange also declined, pressured by long liquidation […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as USDA confirms large purchases by China

By Karl Plume February 5, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher for a third straight session on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed more soybean purchases by China. USDA reported nearly three million tonnes of U.S. soybean export sales on Tuesday, mostly to China, after high-level talks last week between the U.S. and China ended […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

By Julie Ingwersen January 31, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on a rising estimate of Argentina’s crop and chart-based selling, analysts said, while soybeans and wheat also declined. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March corn settled down 4-3/4 cents at $3.76-1/2 a bushel (all figures US$). March soybeans ended down […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn follow trade talks closely

By Phil Franz-warkentin January 30, 2019

Talks between the U.S. and China taking place in Washington this week are being followed closely by Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn traders, with optimism over improving relations between the two countries helping prop up the futures. “The U.S./China talks will be on the top of all traders’ minds,” said Terry Reilly, of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits for U.S. shutdown to end

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm January 2, 2019

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures canola market, like its fellow commodity markets, currently sits at the mercy of the U.S. government shutdown, according to one analyst. “It all has to do with the government shutdown in the States. Soybeans keep on rallying, than they lose ground towards the end of the session, because how […] Read more

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Tag Archives export sales

U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month high on signs of tightening supplies

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end lower

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

U.S. livestock: Corn rally drags on feeder cattle futures

U.S. grains: Corn to seven-week high as rain threatens planting

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit down on disappointing export sales

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as USDA confirms large purchases by China

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn follow trade talks closely

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits for U.S. shutdown to end

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