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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower

Mar. 2, 2018 at 6:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Friday on technical selling and expectations of a seasonal uptick in beef supplies as the pace of cattle slaughter increases, analysts said. “(There is) a little concern that we might have posted the smallest supply of the year, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on profit-taking

Mar. 2, 2018 at 4:23 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

Mar. 1, 2018 at 7:33 pm CST

By Dave Graham David Ljunggren

Trump pushes Big Corn, Big Oil to break biofuels deadlock

Mar. 1, 2018 at 7:20 pm CST

By Jarrett Renshaw

India hikes chickpea duty again

Mar. 1, 2018 at 4:56 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures rally

Mar. 1, 2018 at 4:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for the sixth day in a row on Thursday, with new forecasts calling for extended dryness in the U.S. Plains pushing prices to fresh 7-1/2-month highs, traders said. Soybean futures rallied to a 13-month high on signs of strong export data. Parched […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Spot cattle rise, deferreds weak

Mar. 1, 2018 at 4:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Thursday, with the front-month contract edging higher after hitting a 2-1/2-week low on Wednesday. Deferred cattle contracts were weaker, remaining under pressure from weak cash markets. Strong export data provided support to the nearby contracts. The U.S. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat notches fifth day of gains

Feb. 28, 2018 at 4:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures jumped 3.3 per cent on Wednesday to their highest level in more than seven months, breaking through key technical barriers on support from concerns about crop development in the U.S. Plains, traders said. The gains in the […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 2:54 pm CST

CNS Canada — As February ends, attention is shifting from South America to the U.S. for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade. “We’re about to flip the calendar into March, when people start paying more attention to the conditions in the U.S.,” said Rich Feltes of RJ O’Brien in […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

India to double state purchases of oilseeds, pulses

Feb. 28, 2018 at 12:58 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s cabinet approved on Wednesday doubling state purchases of oilseeds and pulses from farmers, in a bid to boost local output and prevent distressed sales. The amount that state agencies guarantee to buy at pre-set prices will double to 190 billion rupees (C$3.7 billion) for […]

By Reuters