Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grain handler Lansing buys Interstate

Jun. 21, 2017 at 12:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Grain handler Lansing Trade Group LLC is buying Interstate Commodities, marking another step in consolidation that is rippling through the U.S. agriculture sector as persistently low prices keep pressure on profits. The combined companies could handle as much as seven per cent of the U.S. corn […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle settle mostly lower on technical selling

Jun. 20, 2017 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

JBS aims to shed Alberta feedlot in divestment plan

Jun. 20, 2017 at 12:18 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer Tatiana Bautzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge to one-year high

Jun. 19, 2017 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on short-covering

Jun. 16, 2017 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs ease in technical selloff

Jun. 15, 2017 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly about two per cent lower on Thursday, easing on technical selling and investment fund liquidation, traders and analysts said. Hog futures fell sharply to their session lows at 10:10 a.m. CT in what two traders called a “flash crash,” before […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat eases on rains

Jun. 14, 2017 at 6:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures were mostly lower on Wednesday, with MGEX spring wheat declining from an earlier 2-1/2-year high on pressure from technical selling and forecasts for crop-friendly rainfall, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures declined the most as scattered rains […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

Jun. 13, 2017 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped as much as two per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from losses in the previous session on support from sharply higher wholesale pork prices, traders and analysts said. Prices for U.S. pork extended gains to the highest levels in more […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures ease on fund selling

Jun. 12, 2017 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle and hog futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by chart-based and investment fund selling, traders and analysts said. Lower-than-expected prices in cash cattle markets late last week further weighed on futures, even as rising U.S. wholesale beef prices suggested meat […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm

Jun. 7, 2017 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose on Wednesday in a rebound from losses in the previous session while some lean hog contracts weakened following recent gains in technically driven consolidation trade, traders and analysts said. Rising wholesale beef prices buoyed cattle futures as retailers bought to stock […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grain handler Lansing buys Interstate

U.S. livestock: Cattle settle mostly lower on technical selling

JBS aims to shed Alberta feedlot in divestment plan

U.S. livestock: Hogs surge to one-year high

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on short-covering

U.S. livestock: Hogs ease in technical selloff

U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat eases on rains

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound as wholesale pork hits two-year high

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures ease on fund selling

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm

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