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U.S. wheat futures still rising, but ‘getting tired’

May. 5, 2014 at 6:06 am CDT

CNS Canada –– All three U.S. futures markets climbed higher over the past week, rising to some of their best levels of the year. There is some more room to the upside, but further gains may be short-lived, according to an analyst. “Wheat is getting tired,” said Randy Martinson of […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower after volatile day

May. 2, 2014 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

France to ban pigs, byproducts from N. America, Japan over PED

May. 2, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle at record high on strong calf prices

May. 1, 2014 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn dips from three-week high as soybeans fall, wheat rises

Apr. 30, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cash price woes drop CME hogs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down more than two per cent, pressured by the recent decline in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Although the morning’s wholesale pork prices inched upward, mixed cash hog returns left traders uneasy about those prices in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn near three-week high on slow planting

Apr. 29, 2014 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday for their third straight session of gains and neared a three-week high as rains and cold temperatures prevented farmers from planting in much of the Midwestern crop belt, analysts said. Wheat and soybeans also climbed […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Fund buying helps CME hogs close mostly higher

Apr. 29, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with support from fund buying that helped most contracts beat back early-session losses, traders said. Short-covering contributed to overall CME hog advances. May futures could not overcome their bearish premium to CME’s hog index, at 116.83 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week high on Plains drought conditions

Apr. 28, 2014 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat rose for the fifth straight session, climbing to a two-week high on Monday on concerns that drought conditions in the southern Plains could cut yields before an annual crop tour this week in the top-growing state of Kansas, analysts said. Corn futures advanced to […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit record high as supplies tight

Apr. 28, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures spiked to a record high on Monday, driven by tight supplies of young calves for fattening at feedlots, traders said. Fewer cattle are available now following years of drought in parts of the United States that have forced ranchers to […]

By Theopolis Waters