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U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide as export sales data disappoints

Apr. 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing weekly export sales data and expectations of large South American harvests that should dampen U.S. export prospects, analysts said. Wheat futures were higher on short-covering after a five-session slide and worries that wintry weather in the […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs surge on strong pork sales

Apr. 11, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

Apr. 10, 2019 at 10:23 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola hinges on iffy U.S.-China deal

Apr. 10, 2019 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

Apr. 10, 2019 at 7:46 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

Apr. 10, 2019 at 7:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on light technical buying as a blizzard bore down on portions of the Plains and Midwest, threatening to delay plantings, analysts said. Wheat futures fell, recording a fifth straight lower close, as traders focused on plentiful world […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down as weather fears ease

Apr. 10, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday for a second straight session as worries eased about a blizzard disrupting feedlots in the U.S. Plains, traders said. “The storm system for the most part moved further to the north — more to South Dakota, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

World Pork Expo cancelled over swine fever fears

Apr. 10, 2019 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. pork industry canceled its annual convention on Wednesday over concerns that international attendees could bring in an incurable hog disease at a time when U.S. farmers are already suffering from trade wars. The decision to scrap the World Pork Expo, held by the National […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down, retreating from last week’s top

Apr. 9, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most months of Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed down the daily three-cent trading limit on Tuesday on softening cash markets and profit-taking following contract highs set last week, analysts said. “The cash market has slowed down. It was down a little yesterday and the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA to adjust format of monthly supply/demand report

Apr. 9, 2019 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will revise its monthly world supply and demand crop reports starting in May to try to account for the outsized role of China’s global grain stocks, a government official said on Tuesday, confirming a note on a USDA website. Starting with […]

By Julie Ingwersen