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Oct. 10, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures plummeted on Friday as trade restrictions announced by China and escalating rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump cooled hopes of a resolution to a standoff between Washington and Beijing.

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters

Oct. 10, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.

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Oct. 9, 2025 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures rallied on Thursday to a record high on strong cash market prices and tight supplies linked to the U.S. suspension of Mexican imports due to the spread of screwworm south of the border. Live cattle followed feeders higher, posting new […]

By Karl Plume, Reuters

Oct. 9, 2025 at 4:17 pm CDT

U.S. soybean futures retreated on Thursday after two days of gains, pressured by profit taking and technical selling and on growing concerns about a promised farmer aid package and a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade negotiations.

By Karl Plume, Reuters

Oct. 9, 2025 at 9:31 am CDT

Expana has raised its monthly grain production forecast for European Union crops for the 2025/26 season, projecting soft wheat output will hit a record high and barley a 17-year high.

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