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U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat set new contract lows before USDA reports

Sep. 10, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — New-crop U.S. soybean futures hit a new contract low on Wednesday and corn matched its contract low ahead of the release of U.S. crop reports that are expected to show a rise in the government’s harvest projections. Wheat also notched a contract low, weighed down by […]

Russian farming giant counts on boost from sanctions

Sep. 9, 2014 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Olga Sichkar

U.S. livestock: Strong pork prices boost hogs more than two per cent

Sep. 9, 2014 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: New-crop soybeans fall below $10 as big harvest looms

Sep. 9, 2014 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

No crash in U.S. farmland seen despite tumbling grain prices

Sep. 8, 2014 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower as funds roll positions

Sep. 8, 2014 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday as funds rolled their positions by selling the October contract and buying deferred months, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s live cattle and hog markets shifted October long positions further back in a procedure known as […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn sags on harvest expectations, freeze fears wane

Sep. 8, 2014 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn prices fell more than two per cent Monday on expectations the government will raise its production forecasts to record highs this week and that a possible frost in the upper Midwest will cause only minor damage. “We are in downtrends for everything,” said Robert […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Caution reigns as Brazil soy farmers eye another record crop

Sep. 5, 2014 at 6:22 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazilian soy farmers are about to start sowing what could be a third consecutive record crop, but caution is their motto as near-term weather forecasts are less than ideal and low grain prices combined with rising costs are squeezing margins. Soybean planting in Brazil’s leading […]

By Gustavo Bonato

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close up sharply with cash prices

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished nearly two per cent higher on Friday as supply-strapped packers spent more for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle than expected, traders said. October live cattle settled ended up 2.7 cents per pound at 159.75 (all figures US$). December closed at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat bounce on bargain buying, weather concerns

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday, rebounding from losses earlier in the week that pushed prices to contract lows on a round of bargain buying and short-covering, traders said. “We have been beaten up ever since we came back from […]

By Mark Weinraub