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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hold modest gains

May. 1, 2017 at 3:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby live cattle contracts on Monday settled with modest gains, supported by their discounts to last week’s futures prices and robust wholesale beef demand, said traders. They said profit-taking, after futures spiked to new highs earlier in the session, capped nearby market advances […]

China seen set to become world’s second-biggest wine market

Apr. 29, 2017 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall on dry weather forecast

Apr. 28, 2017 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit one-year high on fund buying

Apr. 28, 2017 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

BASF still out for ag chem deals

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as cash prices surge

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle surged to contract highs on Thursday and closed up the daily limit in most contacts on stronger-than-expected cash markets and robust demand for beef, traders said. The front-month contract hit a 13-month peak as the market closed higher for the fifteenth […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain on planting delays, relief over NAFTA

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures edged higher on Thursday on concerns about weather delays to spring planting and relief that the White House will not immediately withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Solid export sales added support, although both commodities traded […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. weather supports corn, weighs on soy

Apr. 26, 2017 at 7:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade came under pressure over the past week, but are expected to see divergent moves in the near future as poor planting weather in the U.S. Midwest may see acreage shift out of corn and into soybeans. News […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cash prices propel live cattle to one-year high

Apr. 26, 2017 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Wednesday reached its highest level in a year, ignited by short-covering and futures’ discounts to initial cash prices, traders said. They said bargain buying briefly sent some deferred live cattle months to fresh highs and up their three-cents-per-pound daily price […]

By Theopolis Waters

White House readies order to quit NAFTA

Apr. 26, 2017 at 4:29 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The White House is considering a draft executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the order would be enacted by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull […]

By Steve Holland