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U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs

Dec. 7, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, partly led by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling against the U.S. in a meat-labeling dispute, said traders. Canada and Mexico may impose tariffs worth $1 billion onto U.S.-traded products, a WTO panel ruled on Monday, as […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat extend gains on technical buying

Dec. 4, 2015 at 5:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains

Dec. 4, 2015 at 3:08 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on short-covering on tumbling dollar

Dec. 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall again with cash prices

Dec. 3, 2015 at 3:51 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to 5-1/2 year low on rising dollar

Dec. 2, 2015 at 7:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains fell on Wednesday, with wheat prices hitting the lowest levels since June 2010 as a rising dollar made the cereals less attractive in global markets, traders said. Wheat now has declined six sessions in a row, shedding more than eight per cent in the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Dec. 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Wednesday’s session down by their three-cents-per-pound daily price limit on profit-taking ahead of potentially lower cash prices later this week, traders said. Spot December and February closed at 129.1 cents and 131.625 cents/lb., respectively (all figures US$). Live cattle’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn climb, rallying from last week’s lows

Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit three-week highs on Monday on bargain buying and a technical rebound from long-term lows established last week, traders said. Corn also firmed at the Chicago Board of Trade while wheat ended mixed, with nearby contracts pressured by larger-than-expected deliveries against the December […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall most in two weeks on dry Plains forecast

Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle futures fell as much as 2.5 per cent on Monday, with both live and feeder cattle contracts posting their largest daily declines in two weeks on ample supplies and expectations for improved weather in the southern Plains. Snow, ice and rains slowed movement of […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles ahead of deliveries, pressured by dollar

Nov. 27, 2015 at 6:14 pm CST

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell to a 2-1/2-month low on Friday, pressured by expectations of big deliveries next week and strength in the U.S. dollar, during a shortened trading session after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Expectations of big wheat deliveries, starting with first notice day on Monday for December […]

By Rod Nickel