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U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall on rallying corn prices

Aug. 12, 2024 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned lower on Monday as corn futures rallied following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand report that lowered corn ending stocks, traders said. Meanwhile, hog futures were mixed as bargain buying counterbalanced seasonal price pressure. CME most-active October feeder […]

USDA adjusts August supply and demand numbers

Aug. 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA forecasts record soy, bumper corn crops

Aug. 12, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

By Heather Schlitz

Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks

Aug. 12, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

By Jonathan Saul Pavel Polityuk Tom Balmforth

U.S. livestock: Cattle, lean hog futures firm as economy concerns ease

Aug. 9, 2024 at 5:03 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

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U.S. grains: Corn and soy futures near four-year low, wheat rises

Aug. 9, 2024 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago corn and soy futures closed near four-year lows on Friday and posted weekly losses, while wheat prices rose on expectations of a poor crop in France as traders positioned for Monday's U.S. supply and demand report.

By Reuters

Argentine oilseed workers strike extended as delays hit dozens of ships

Aug. 9, 2024 at 10:20 am CDT

A pair of Argentine oilseed industry unions announced a one-day extension to an ongoing strike that has halted operations at the country's major agricultural hubs.

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle, pork futures fall amid fund selling

Aug. 8, 2024 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned lower on Thursday, with cattle futures slumping amid a flurry of fund selling and weakening wholesale pricing, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans face bearish pressure on hefty supplies

Aug. 8, 2024 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures fell on Thursday, and soybean futures set new life-of-contract lows, as U.S. farmers scramble to sell their bins of old-crop grain and oilseeds into a global market awash in supplies, traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Sixty-six per cent chance of La Niña weather emerging, U.S. forecaster says

Aug. 8, 2024 at 9:55 am CDT

There is a 66 per cent chance of the La Niña weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, emerging during September-November, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday.

By Sherin Elizabeth Varghese