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U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble, hogs decline on liquidation after Brexit

Jun. 24, 2016 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle tumbled more than two per cent on Friday, extending the week’s losses to the largest in about two months, as investors liquidated holdings following Britain’s referendum vote to exit the European Union, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also fell sharply while […]

U.S. grains: Corn weakens as weather improves

Jun. 23, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle jump in technical rebound as corn extends losses

Jun. 23, 2016 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy both watching weather, funds

Jun. 23, 2016 at 4:00 am CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble most since March

Jun. 22, 2016 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn to one-month low as rains spur long liquidation

Jun. 22, 2016 at 6:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Wednesday, after plunging nearly 6 percent the previous day, as improving weather in the Midwest continued to stimulate long liquidation by commodity funds, traders said. Soybeans bounced on talk of fresh export demand for U.S. supplies while wheat closed nearly unchanged, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn falls most in three years on crop prospects

Jun. 21, 2016 at 7:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures tumbled nearly six per cent on Tuesday, the biggest one-day slide in three years, as forecasts for less-threatening weather in the Midwest prompted funds to liquidate long positions, traders said. Soybeans and wheat followed corn’s lead. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures hit […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Technical buying rallies CME live cattle

Jun. 21, 2016 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday reversed some of Monday’s losses, aided by short-covering and technical buying, traders said. Prior to Tuesday’s session, CME live cattle showed a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 28. A reading below 30 suggests a market is technically oversold […]

By Theopolis Waters

Bayer crop unit apologizes to farmers after Twitter gaffe

Jun. 20, 2016 at 8:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Bayer AG’s crop science division apologized on Monday for a tweet that suggested reduced meat demand could benefit the environment, in a bid to appease outraged farmers who buy the company’s seeds and chemicals. The tweet, published on the official Bayer CropScience (@Bayer4crops) account on Sunday, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle fall to four-year low on beef prices

Jun. 20, 2016 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures tumbled to the lowest levels in more than four years on Monday as weak cash cattle prices and declining beef values underscored worries of flagging demand, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle extended losses to a fresh three-year low while lean hogs […]

By Michael Hirtzer