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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide as U.S. dollar surges

Oct. 3, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed lower on Friday in response to the U.S. dollar’s surge to a four-year high which tends to drive up costs for U.S. exports, including meat, traders said. Positive U.S. monthly employment numbers helped send stocks on Wall Street up more […]

CME to shorten livestock futures electronic trading hours

Oct. 3, 2014 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from four-year low on exports

Oct. 2, 2014 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Now hunger threat shadows Ebola in West Africa

Oct. 2, 2014 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Bate Felix Umaru Fofana

German farmers say rapeseed damaged by bugs after EU neonic ban

Oct. 2, 2014 at 3:23 pm CDT

Chicago corn to test US$3 mark by mid-month, analyst says

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were lower during the week ended Wednesday, as funds continued to try and take advantage of new lows on the market. “People in the market come in and try to cherry-pick the bottom,” said Sean Lusk, director of commercial […]

By Dave Sims

Russia surprises peers with early wheat export market exit

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:30 pm CDT

London/Moscow | Reuters — Russian wheat has made a surprise early exit from key global export markets, despite the country’s near-record crop, after domestic prices rose in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. With a bumper crop and the rouble close to historic lows, Russia could reasonably be expected to […]

By Polina Devitt Sarah McFarlane

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rebound on short-covering

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybeans edged higher on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after prices fell to multiyear lows earlier in the session, and as rains stalled record harvests in the U.S. Midwestern crop belt. Wheat futures also rose, stabilizing after reaching four-year lows last week. […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle surge three-cent limit

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle contracts on Wednesday settled up at their maximum three-cents daily price limit, lifted by live cattle futures’ climb to a new high, traders and analysts said. They also cited strong prices for calves for fattening and the corn price slide to […]