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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn watch South American weather

Dec. 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, while corn held steady, with South American weather conditions expected to provide much of the direction going forward. “We’re pretty much trading one weather report at a time,” said Sean Lusk, director […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on Argentine rain view

Dec. 14, 2016 at 6:44 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

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

Dec. 14, 2016 at 6:35 pm CST

Monsanto shareholders back Bayer deal

Dec. 13, 2016 at 7:14 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn hits five-month high

Dec. 13, 2016 at 7:05 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Fund buying drives CME live cattle higher

Dec. 13, 2016 at 6:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday gained for a second day in a row on fund buying and higher wholesale beef prices, traders said. December live cattle closed up 0.775 cent/lb. to 111.125 cents (all figures US$). February ended 1.025 cents higher at 113.975 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy falls on Argentine rain view

Dec. 12, 2016 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures weakened on Monday on forecasts for some much-needed rain in dry parts of Argentina’s growing areas, traders said. Wheat and corn futures closed higher, with wheat receiving support from improving export hopes for U.S. supplies, traders said. Both grains traded in negative territory […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb ahead of arctic blast

Dec. 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Monday, partly in anticipation of bone-chilling temperatures in the U.S. Plains and Midwest by week’s end, said traders. Extreme cold typically slows down weight gain in cattle, making them less available to packers. Also grocers tend to […]

By Theopolis Waters

Australia approves sale of giant Kidman pastoral holdings

Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:54 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia on Friday approved the A$386.5 million (C$379.3 million) sale of the country’s largest private landholder S. Kidman and Co. to a consortium led by the country’s richest woman Gina Rinehart, after blocking two previous bids. Rinehart and her minority partner, Chinese developer Shanghai CRED, will […]

By Colin Packham

U.S. livestock: CME hogs notch three-month high

Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit a three-month high on Friday, with help from buy stops and technical buying, traders said. December futures led advances after investors bought the contract and simultaneously sold deferred months. December hogs, which will expire on Wednesday, closed 1.05 cents/lb. […]

By Theopolis Waters