Insights and Stories of Sam Nelson

Rain pulls CBOT soy off two-month high

Aug. 22, 2013 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) new-crop November soybean futures fell one per cent on Thursday and corn tumbled nearly four per cent as better-than-expected rains in the northern U.S. crop belt eased fears of late-season crop damage. “We picked up some rains overnight in northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa, with up […]

CBOT soy rises to two-month high on weather threat to crop

Aug. 21, 2013 at 4:41 pm CDT

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CBOT corn, soy slip as tour reports potential big crops

Aug. 20, 2013 at 2:22 pm CDT

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CBOT soy leaps to two-month high as weather threatens yields

Aug. 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm CDT

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U.S. corn falls to three-year low on record crop outlook

Aug. 9, 2013 at 4:56 pm CDT

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LIVESTOCK: Cattle rise on bargain buying, cheaper corn hits hogs

Jul. 26, 2013 at 1:43 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed higher on Friday on signs the cash cattle and wholesale beef markets may be stabilizing after a recent slide, traders and analysts said. “It looks like cash and even wholesale beef may be bottoming out. There is nothing certain but it appears […]

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GRAINS-U.S. soy falls to 13-month low, soymeal down daily limit

Jul. 25, 2013 at 3:32 pm CDT

U.S. soybeans fell nearly 3 percent to their lowest level in over a year on Thursday, and soymeal dropped its daily trading limit of $20 per ton for the second day in a row on falling cash markets. Traders and analysts said end-users were beginning to quit buying expensive old-crop […]

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U.S. feeder cattle futures fall as corn prices soar

Jul. 9, 2013 at 4:21 pm CDT

U.S. feeder cattle futures slipped a half per cent on Tuesday as Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose, leading to reduced demand for feeders due to the potential for higher costs to feed young cattle to market weight, analysts and traders said. “Feed costs are already through the roof […]

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U.S. hog futures drop on slow exports; cash seen down

Jul. 8, 2013 at 4:42 pm CDT

U.S. lean hog futures fell on Monday on disappointing export sales of U.S. pork and on expectations for lower cash hog markets soon, traders and analysts said. “Pork exports were down four per cent in May, exports are really sluggish and I think everyone was banking on strong exports,” said […]

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U.S. wheat up one per cent as China buys

Jul. 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

U.S. wheat rose over one per cent on Wednesday, posting its best advance in two weeks on reports that China bought large quantities of wheat from Australia and the U.S. Wheat also traded higher on a bargain buying spree, after a series of eight consecutive daily losses drove the market […]

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