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U.S. livestock: Cattle rise in rebound on technical buying, cash trades

Jul. 6, 2017 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained more than one per cent on Thursday, rebounding from a two-month low on chart-based technical buying and slightly firmer trades in cash cattle markets, traders said. Most-active CME August live cattle knocked out Wednesday’s session low early in Thursday’s session but […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures fall

Jul. 6, 2017 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

Jul. 6, 2017 at 9:53 am CDT

By Chris Prentice David Shepardson Jarrett Renshaw

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn enter summer weather market

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:47 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle slump to two-month low

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat extend winning streak as forecast heats up

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for a sixth day in a row on Wednesday, with technical buyers stepping into the market after prices sank into negative territory, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures also closed higher. Corn, which has risen for seven straight […]

By Mark Weinraub

EU, Japan officials seal trade agreement

Jul. 5, 2017 at 3:46 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Japan and the European Union should agree on Thursday to a free trade pact that could be completed within months, after senior officials removed final snags to a political deal intended as a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump. “We ironed out the few remaining differences,” […]

By Alastair Macdonald

U.S. grains; Wheat, corn, soy climb; spring wheat tops US$8

Jul. 3, 2017 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn futures rose in an abbreviated session ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, buoyed by worries that hot and dry weather in the northern Plains spring wheat belt could spread into the western Midwest, analysts said on Friday. Spring wheat futures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on pork gains

Jul. 3, 2017 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to fresh life-of-contract highs on Monday, gaining on bear-spreading as wholesale pork prices reached the highest levels in more than two years. Dealers continued to buy back Chicago Mercantile Exchange July hog contracts and roll positions into deferred months such as […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Brazilian top court justice upholds barring JBS asset sale

Jul. 3, 2017 at 12:32 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has upheld a lower court decision that ordered the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS SA, to halt the sale of US$300 million worth of South American assets to Minerva SA , according to a court document. Justice Edson Fachin agreed with a […]

By Reuters