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U.S. grains: Soybeans end 2017 down four per cent

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures firmed on Friday as rising crude oil futures helped lift soyoil, but soybeans still recorded a yearly loss of about four per cent, reflecting big 2017 harvests in South America and the U.S. Wheat drifted lower on Friday but posted its first yearly […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from seven-week high

Dec. 29, 2017 at 4:40 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

AFS Connect’s compatibility expands

Dec. 29, 2017 at 12:43 am CST

By Staff

Agco CPO plan expanded to RoGators, TerraGators

Dec. 28, 2017 at 11:25 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to four-month low

Dec. 28, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism boosts CME live cattle

Dec. 28, 2017 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reached a seven-week high, propelled by expectations for steady-to-higher cash prices by week’s end, said traders. Thursday’s wholesale beef price upswing, short-covering and year-end positioning furthered market advances, they said. December live cattle, which will expire on Friday, closed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed more than one per cent on Wednesday while corn was higher for the sixth straight session as technical buying and end-of-year positioning buoyed grain prices, traders and analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower on the Chicago Board of Trade after an earlier […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a 10-month high, weakened by profit-taking and less money paid by packers for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said analysts. February closed 0.5 cent lower at 71.025 cents (all figures US$). April ended down 0.1 cent, at 75.275 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on short-covering, Argentina’s weather

Dec. 26, 2017 at 7:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about one per cent on Tuesday, notching their second straight session of gains, as investors bought back short positions amid extended forecasts for warm and dry weather in Argentina, traders said. Corn futures were narrowly higher and wheat slightly lower at the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle surge on beef demand, cash price hopes

Dec. 26, 2017 at 7:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Tuesday, driven by strong wholesale beef values that generated cash price optimism for this week, said traders. Investors bought deferred months and simultaneously sold December futures before its Dec. 29 expiration. Fund buying contributed to market advances. […]

By Theopolis Waters