Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

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U.S. livestock: Hogs near three-week high on export optimism

Jul. 2, 2015 at 3:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures rose as much as two per cent on Thursday, lifted by large weekly pork export sales and hopes a deal between JBS USA and Cargill could lead to more international shipments, traders and analysts said. Volume was light in an abbreviated session […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as supply risks ease

Jun. 12, 2015 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

Jun. 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Jun. 9, 2015 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

Jun. 2, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Expansion in the U.S. ethanol industry, stuck in neutral for more than a year as the government debated biofuel blending requirements, is now likely to come to a screeching halt. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week essentially maintaining the so-called blend wall that mandates […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

May. 22, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains and oilseeds fell more than one per cent on Friday, with soybeans tumbling to the lowest levels since October in a broad commodities selloff as the dollar rallied against a basket of global currencies. Soybeans, corn and wheat each reversed earlier gains and fell […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

May. 21, 2015 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in Russia and Canada would stress crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also jumped, rising in sympathy with wheat, while […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

May. 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to seven-month lows and corn to one-week lows on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for nearly ideal growing conditions for the crops next week. Temperatures were seen warming up by next week after a chill that supported prices earlier this week. Coupled with recent […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

May. 19, 2015 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the U.S. Wheat futures tumbled two per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets reversing from gains […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs near three-week high on export optimism

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as supply risks ease

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

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