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U.S. grains: Wheat rises as hot weather adds to crop woes

May. 5, 2014 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two percent on Monday as scorching temperatures in the southern Plains deepened fears about weather damage to the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop. The gains in wheat helped lift corn after heavy losses last week, but soybeans fell on talk […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag on profit-taking

May. 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower after volatile day

May. 2, 2014 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CME fines Ont. Teachers for hog trades

May. 2, 2014 at 3:43 pm CDT

France to ban pigs, byproducts from N. America, Japan over PED

May. 2, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 14-month high on Plains drought, heat outlook

May. 2, 2014 at 2:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged two per cent to their highest levels in more than a year on Friday, bolstered by concerns of drought-reduced production in the southern Plains, where triple-digit temperatures could bake the crop this weekend. Corn extended losses after a tumble on Thursday tied […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on fund liquidation, better U.S. weather

May. 1, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain futures tumbled on Thursday, with soybeans falling the most since September and corn the most in a month as investors took profits on weather forecasts for improved planting conditions in the U.S. Midwest’s crop belt. Wheat snapped a seven-session streak without a loss to […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle at record high on strong calf prices

May. 1, 2014 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday closed at an all-time high, with some contracts up by the three-cent price limit, fueled by costly prices for young calves for fattening, traders said. Prices for light-weight feeder cattle are “on fire,” said Jim Clarkson, a broker […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn dips from three-week high as soybeans fall, wheat rises

Apr. 30, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn fell on Wednesday, snapping four sessions of gains, as the stockpile of grain-based ethanol hit a nine-month high and meteorologists forecast more favourable conditions for U.S. plantings. Soybean futures also eased, while wheat reversed earlier declines to notch the seventh straight session without a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cash price woes drop CME hogs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down more than two per cent, pressured by the recent decline in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Although the morning’s wholesale pork prices inched upward, mixed cash hog returns left traders uneasy about those prices in […]

By Theopolis Waters