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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up on better cash sales

Jun. 29, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures surged by their three cents/lb. daily price limit on Friday, boosted by investment fund buying and better-than-expected sales in cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also climbed by their daily limit, of 4.5 cents/lb., tracking the […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

Jun. 28, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans should benefit as China lifts tariffs

Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

Jun. 26, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on trade row

Jun. 25, 2018 at 8:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent on Monday on generally favourable Midwest crop weather and worries about trade with China, the world’s biggest soy importer, traders said. Corn and wheat futures also declined. July soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down […]

By Julie Ingwersen P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall for fourth week over trade tensions

Jun. 22, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures posted losses for the fourth straight week on worries about the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, although prices rose for the day on Friday as some traders covered short positions. Soybeans ended 1.2 per cent lower on the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

Jun. 21, 2018 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a second straight day on Thursday on bargain buying following the market’s recent drop and on a weather-reduced wheat crop in Russia, the world’s top exporter. Corn followed wheat higher, underpinned by concerns that heavy rains and flooding in parts of […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

Jun. 20, 2018 at 6:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean market is in recovery mode following a wild day where contracts hit nearly a 10-year low. “It was one of the craziest days we’ve seen in recent memory yesterday. And volume was just absolutely through the roof,” said Terry Reilly, a […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy futures consolidate day after 10-year low

Jun. 20, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures ended nearly flat on Wednesday, consolidating one day after the front soybean contract plunged to a near 10-year low on trade tensions and favorable Midwest crop weather, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose more than two per cent […]

By Julie Ingwersen