Insights and Stories on COVID-19

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs up with export demand

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and lean hog futures rose again on Thursday, as fresh export numbers underscored strong demand for meat. Meanwhile prices on feeder cattle futures were mixed, as trades in the cash market prices jumped, traders said. Cash cattle had traded earlier in […]

U.S. grains: Grain futures regain ground as COVID jitters ease

Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:10 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures finish higher

Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:40 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Cargill beef plant workers to vote on new negotiated offer

Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:59 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets ‘resilient’ in face of Omicron

Dec. 1, 2021 at 1:47 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat extends slide as Omicron worries mount

Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat prices fell to a nearly three-week low on Tuesday, as concerns that the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant could slow the global economy drove investors to reduce risk exposure. The entire grains complex felt pressure early in the session, after Moderna’s CEO cautioned […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall from highs as Omicron rattles markets

Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures weakened on Tuesday as worries about the new Omicron coronavirus variant rattled commodity and financial markets. Losses pulled live cattle futures down from contract highs reached in recent sessions. CME lean hog futures also fell, along with U.S. grains and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle post new highs, retreat on profit-taking

Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to multi-year highs on Monday but closed lower as profit-taking and technical selling clipped gains, traders said. The spread of a new coronavirus variant sparked demand worries as livestock traders feared renewed restrictions on travel and restaurant occupancy. But […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as U.S. dollar edges higher

Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures retreated on Monday on a firmer dollar and as a record harvest outlook from major exporter Australia eased recent concerns about rain-damaged crops. Corn and soybeans followed wheat lower, pressured by technical selling and profit-taking and by good weekend rains in Argentina and […]

By Karl Plume

Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Nov. 26, 2021 at 7:28 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among […]

By David Ljunggren

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