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U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rebound from a sluggish week

Aug. 19, 2024 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures bounced back on Monday after a slow previous week, while feeder cattle futures dipped on corn's Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) climb.

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as US crop tour begins

Aug. 19, 2024 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Russian pork producers target EU’s share of China’s pork market

Aug. 19, 2024 at 2:15 pm CDT

By Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, lean hog futures fall in range-bound trade

Aug. 16, 2024 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on bumper yield forecasts; wheat steadies

Aug. 16, 2024 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Ukraine completes 2024 wheat harvest at 21.7 mln tons, ministry says

Aug. 16, 2024 at 9:25 am CDT

Ukraine has completed the 2024 wheat harvest, threshing 21.7 million metric tons of wheat from about 4.8 million hectares, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: cattle futures dip on stronger dollar, slow cash trade

Aug. 15, 2024 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures eased on Thursday, as generally quiet cash market and a strengthening U.S. dollar left cattle futures in a range-bound trade, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat loses overnight rally; soybeans and corn futures dip

Aug. 15, 2024 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Thursday as cheap Black Sea exports kept weighing on the market, which had risen overnight on a rally sparked by a Russian attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Deere beats profit targets as strong pricing, cost cuts counter slow demand

Aug. 15, 2024 at 1:26 pm CDT

Deere & Co beat analysts' expectations for third-quarter profit on Thursday, as stronger pricing and cost control measures protected its margins from sluggish demand for its farm equipment.

By Reuters Shivansh Tiwary

US undercounts bird flu in cattle as farmers shun testing

Aug. 15, 2024 at 8:45 am CDT

The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers' reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive result, according to Reuters interviews with dairy experts, veterinarians, and farmers in six states with known cases.

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek Reuters