Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: grain, soy futures drop on milder US weather, with eyes on Black Sea

Jul. 28, 2023 at 2:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures fell to their lowest prices in more than a week on Friday on hopes that U.S. crop weather will improve and Russia will ease its attacks on Ukraine’s grain facilities, analysts said. Technical selling added pressure to prices. […]

Ukraine says Russia threatened civilian vessels in second week without grain deal

Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:40 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mixed; feeders boosted as corn slumps

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Grain, soybean futures slide as investors shed risk

Jul. 27, 2023 at 3:09 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Oilseed crush down, grain deliveries rise in June: StatCan

Jul. 27, 2023 at 11:02 am CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. Lawmakers seek to limit corporate, foreign ownership of farmland

Jul. 27, 2023 at 8:54 am CDT

Washington | Reuters – U.S. lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership. Farm groups and lawmakers are concerned that land buys by investors and foreign countries are driving […]

By Leah Douglas

ICE weekly outlook: canola market heading towards choppy waters

Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:48 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – While the recent gains in canola on the Intercontinental Exchange were likely generated by the spreaders, the market will probably become choppy, according to Ken Ball, trader with PI Financial in Winnipeg, Man. “Spreaders for the last few days have been selling canola and buying soyoil,” Ball suggested […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly update: U.S. Fed decision one of many factors

Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – The decision by the United States Federal Reserve on July 26 to raise its key interest rates mostly served as a distraction on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) from other events affecting grain futures. The central bank continued its efforts to wrangle inflation by pushing interest rates […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: feeder cattle futures gain boost from corn market weakness

Jul. 26, 2023 at 2:15 pm CDT

Meat packers continued to see profit margins stay in the red

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures extend profit-taking slide

Jul. 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group fell on Tuesday for a fourth session on profit-taking after last week’s contract highs, and a month-long slide in wholesale beef prices that erased meat packers’ profit margins, analysts said. CME August live cattle futures LCQ3 settled Tuesday down […]

By Julie Ingwersen