Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Firmer beef quote rallies CME live cattle

Feb. 14, 2017 at 4:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted strong gains on Tuesday, reversing Monday’s selloff, fueled by short-covering and wholesale beef price rebound, said traders. Technical buying ensued after investors bought the February contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy known as bull spreads. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle brace for possible weak cash prices

Feb. 13, 2017 at 7:49 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures hit 7-1/2-month highs

Feb. 13, 2017 at 7:21 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. soy grower co-op plans North Dakota crush plant

Feb. 10, 2017 at 7:09 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise to multi-month highs

Feb. 10, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation undercuts CME live cattle

Feb. 10, 2017 at 3:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, hit by sell stops and fund selling after drifting below technical support levels, said traders. February live cattle closed 1.25 cents/lb. lower at 116.4 cents, and April 1.675 cents lower at 113.15 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Ocean freight rates pointed down, but well off year-ago lows

Feb. 10, 2017 at 3:24 pm CST

CNS Canada — Ocean freight rates are trending down, but are still well off the record lows seen exactly a year ago. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), compiled daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange, provides an assessment of the price of moving major raw materials by sea, including grain. The […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Snow, avalanches, rain delay grain movement to U.S. ports

Feb. 10, 2017 at 2:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Severe winter weather has slowed rail deliveries of crops to shippers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, sending freight rates soaring and prompting Asian buyers to seek fill-in loads as they wait for the backlog at ports to clear. Blizzards, avalanches and heavy rain in recent weeks […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to seven-month high after USDA data

Feb. 9, 2017 at 3:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures gained two per cent to a seven-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture increased its export forecast and showed smaller-than-expected global supplies in a monthly report. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell and corn prices declined narrowly from an […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end firmer

Feb. 9, 2017 at 3:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled higher on Thursday, helped by technical buying and this week’s steady-to-firmer cash prices, said traders and analysts. They said the prospect of increased supplies capped back-month futures advances. February live cattle closed 0.875 cent/lb. higher at 117.65 cents, and […]

By Theopolis Waters