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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

Nov. 16, 2017 at 6:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday reversed some of Wednesday’s gains, led by weaker cash and wholesale beef values, traders said. Some market participants tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report. “We saw a small rally yesterday, […]

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By Gus Trompiz

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on seasonal strength, bullish soyoil data

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Short-covering pares recent CME live cattle losses

Nov. 15, 2017 at 5:34 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

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U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices drop CME hogs to one-month low

Nov. 14, 2017 at 4:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Tuesday slid to their lowest level in a month after downward-trending cash prices triggered sell orders, traders said. Fund selling developed after some contracts drifted below technical support areas. December hogs ended 2.325 cents/lb. lower at 59.975 cents, and below […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year low as harvest nears end

Nov. 14, 2017 at 3:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped 1.4 per cent to a one-year low on Tuesday, pressured by ample supplies from the nearly completed harvest of the second-largest domestic corn crop on record, traders said. Soybeans declined, following corn lower, as improving crop weather in South America added to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy hits one-month low

Nov. 14, 2017 at 4:05 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in a month on Monday, pressured by improving crop weather in South America and chart-based selling, with the benchmark January contract falling through several key moving averages, analysts said. Wheat fell in technical moves amid a lack of news, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly lower as beef prices ease

Nov. 14, 2017 at 3:47 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures were mostly lower on Monday, pressured by weaker beef prices and expectations that cash cattle at Plains feedlot markets would trade at lower prices this week, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange December live cattle ended steady at 120.575 cents, while actively traded […]

By Karl Plume

MacAulay to visit China on trade mission to boost food exports

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lawrence MacAulay, will lead a trade mission next week to China as part of Canada’s efforts to double bilateral trade with that country and grow global agri-food exports to $75 billion by 2025. A news release distributed on Nov. 9, said, “with a population of 1.4 billion people, and a growing appetite […]

By Staff