Insights and Stories on Christmas

What is war fatigue?

Jan. 17, 2024 at 11:21 am CST

As we approached the end of December, my mood, like that of most Ukrainians, was not at all Christmassy. The heroic achievement of 2022, when our lives hung in the balance and our defenders managed to repel the enemy, was replaced by the bloody routine of 2023.

This week on ‘Between The Rows’

Dec. 22, 2022 at 12:15 am CST

By Laura Rance-Unger

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall on wholesale beef weakness

Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:03 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

Truckload of northbound produce breaks bad at border

Jan. 29, 2021 at 10:41 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets quiet heading into holidays

Nov. 22, 2018 at 6:17 am CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a 10-month high, weakened by profit-taking and less money paid by packers for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, said analysts. February closed 0.5 cent lower at 71.025 cents (all figures US$). April ended down 0.1 cent, at 75.275 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a three-month low on Thursday, the sixth straight session of declines, on pressure from easing vegetable oil prices and improving crop weather in South America. Wheat and corn futures both were the highest in more than a week, with prices notching […]

By Michael Hirtzer

ICE weekly outlook: March canola fights to stay above $500

Dec. 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm CST

CNS Canada — As traders exit the trading floor ahead of the holidays, canola futures continue to chop around amid thin volumes. “More and more traders are stepping away from the market, either because of holidays or not wanting to have big positions on ahead of them,” said Keith Ferley […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME hogs notch three-month high

Dec. 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit a three-month high on Friday, with help from buy stops and technical buying, traders said. December futures led advances after investors bought the contract and simultaneously sold deferred months. December hogs, which will expire on Wednesday, closed 1.05 cents/lb. […]