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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lifted by short covering

Dec. 27, 2013 at 1:56 am CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday on short-covering in an otherwise quiet post-holiday session, traders said. December live cattle futures finished 0.35 cent higher at 132.7 cents per pound, and February gained 0.425 cent at 134.15 cents (all figures US$). Investors await this week’s cash cattle […]

U.S. grains: Corn falls 1.8 per cent on China concerns

Dec. 27, 2013 at 1:33 am CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking weakens CME live cattle

Dec. 24, 2013 at 2:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy rebounds after export U.S. sales announced

Dec. 24, 2013 at 2:04 pm CST

By Sam Nelson

Drozd: Canadian dollar hits 3 1/2-year low as snowbirds head south

Dec. 24, 2013 at 1:25 pm CST

By David Drozd

Flax acres could rise in 2014 if prices stay stable

Dec. 24, 2013 at 12:59 pm CST

Despite a larger-than-expected crop, prices for flax in Western Canada continue to be stronger relative to other oilseeds — which observers say could mean another acreage increase in 2014. “I think if anything, the numbers were a little bit higher (than expected), because the yield numbers were a little higher […]

By Brandon Logan

Klassen: Larger supplies stem upside in feeder market

Dec. 23, 2013 at 6:59 pm CST

Most of Western Canada experienced harsh winter conditions earlier in December, causing many auction barns to post pone sales by one or two weeks. Cattle buyers have now found larger volumes of lighter-weight calves coming on the market, which tempered the upside in the feeder cattle complex. Western Canadian calves […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: USDA report extends CME live cattle gains

Dec. 23, 2013 at 6:40 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday rose for a third straight session, buoyed by last Friday’s bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle-on-feed report, traders said. Friday’s USDA data showed the number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots dropped three per cent from a year earlier as improved […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy down on China concern

Dec. 23, 2013 at 6:32 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures ended lower on Monday, on concerns that China soon may be shifting its soy buying to South America from the U.S., and on outlooks for better crop weather in South America. Corn held firm for the third consecutive trading session on short-covering and weather issues in Argentina, […]

By Sam Nelson

Lethbridge barley still hasn’t found a bottom

Dec. 23, 2013 at 6:20 pm CST

It’s been a volatile year for Lethbridge barley, with prices moving as high as $300 per tonne in early summer, from where one Lethbridge barley broker sits, noting a bumper crop sent the market in a steep decline that’s expected to continue into 2014. “Well, we went from a market […]

By Brandon Logan