Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

May. 10, 2019 at 5:45 pm CDT

Reuters — Ardent Mills will close three U.S. flour mills next month and a fourth in the first quarter of 2020, the flour miller and food ingredient maker announced Friday. The company, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS, said the closures were necessary due to “anticipated demand […]

Bunge moves from regional to global operating model

May. 9, 2019 at 4:27 am CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again on lower beef, cash prices

May. 3, 2019 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy down fourth straight week on export worries, big supplies

May. 3, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

May. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Weak export data drags soybeans to new lows

May. 2, 2019 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures posted contract lows for a fourth straight session on Thursday after weak U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) export sales data and amid ongoing concerns that rain-delayed corn sowing would increase soy plantings. Corn was mixed as spillover pressure from lower soybeans offset support […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes

May. 1, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied sharply on Wednesday with several contracts closing up the daily trading limit on technical buying and speculation that Chinese demand for U.S. pork is poised to grow. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is due to release weekly export sales data […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Export worries, big supplies drag soybean futures to new lows

May. 1, 2019 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to fresh contract lows on Wednesday, pressured by sluggish exports and worries that rain-delayed U.S. corn seeding would expand the number of acres planted with soybeans, which can be sown later in the spring. Corn futures firmed as soggy fields around much […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat hit new lows as supplies outweigh rainy weather

Apr. 30, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday and struck fresh contract lows in most months as burdensome global stocks and sluggish U.S. exports dragged prices lower, triggering technical selling. Wheat futures, too, posted contract lows as better-than-expected U.S. winter crop conditions added […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund liquidation, technical selling

Apr. 30, 2019 at 8:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, with the actively traded June contract down for a seventh straight session, as fund long liquidation and technical selling pressured the market. Before the latest selloff in cattle began, commodity funds had built a record large net long position, […]

By Karl Plume

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Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

Ardent Mills to close four U.S. flour mills

Bunge moves from regional to global operating model

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again on lower beef, cash prices

U.S. grains: Soy down fourth straight week on export worries, big supplies

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed, nearbys up on export hopes

U.S. grains: Weak export data drags soybeans to new lows

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes

U.S. grains: Export worries, big supplies drag soybean futures to new lows

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat hit new lows as supplies outweigh rainy weather

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink on fund liquidation, technical selling

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