Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat ease ahead of USDA reports

Jan. 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell to a roughly three-week low on Monday while wheat declined to the lowest in one week as grain prices were pressured by position squaring ahead of government crop reports due on Friday. Analysts expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture to show abundant […]

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:25 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on short-covering, Argentina’s weather

Dec. 26, 2017 at 7:32 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:46 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:31 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, meal rise on Argentina weather

Dec. 4, 2017 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to a three-week high on Monday and soymeal jumped more than two per cent on buying backed by concerns that dry weather in Argentina will hurt crop yields. Corn futures fell more than one per cent, reversing early gains after technical selling, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs at three-week high on fund buying, spreading

Nov. 28, 2017 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to a three-week high on Tuesday, extending gains from recent days on speculation prices would rise higher next month and on calendar spreading, traders and analysts said. Live cattle were narrowly lower and feeder cattle futures slightly higher at the Chicago […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as dollar firms; vegoils drop on India import tax

Nov. 20, 2017 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures fell 1.4 percent on Monday as the dollar climbed against a basket of currencies, making U.S. grain more expensive in a well-supplied global market. Soybean and soyoil futures also eased amid steep declines in palm oil after India hiked palm oil import taxes. […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures mixed on spreading, cash declines

Nov. 9, 2017 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. livestock futures were widely mixed on Thursday, with nearby live cattle and lean hog contracts hitting multi-week lows in bear-spreading as traders moved into deferred positions. Worries of weaker prices in cash markets for cattle and hogs further weighed on front-month contracts while the third […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Cargill fined $10 million for inaccurate swaps information: CFTC

Nov. 6, 2017 at 4:12 pm CST

Washington/Chicago/Reuters – Cargill Inc will pay a $10 million fine for providing inaccurate information on swaps to protect its revenue, and for failing to supervise the company’s swap dealers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Monday. The CFTC said that beginning in 2013, Cargill did not comply with regulations […]

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Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat ease ahead of USDA reports

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on short-covering, Argentina’s weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

U.S. grains: Soybeans, meal rise on Argentina weather

U.S. livestock: Hogs at three-week high on fund buying, spreading

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as dollar firms; vegoils drop on India import tax

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures mixed on spreading, cash declines

Cargill fined $10 million for inaccurate swaps information: CFTC

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