Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. grains: Wheat down off two-week high on global demand

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Monday after rising earlier to their highest level in more than two weeks on hopes for global demand. Corn futures also eased as traders monitored the U.S. harvest, while gains in soyoil futures helped lift the soybean […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures decline

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat as energy rally dents beef demand outlook

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slip on profit taking, macro pressure

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans surge after USDA projects smaller soy, corn crops

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday as technical buyers stepped into the market after prices weakened earlier in the session. Traders said the massive supplies reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department have been priced in and speculators were likely to buy any dip in […]

By Reuters

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports

Oct. 12, 2023 at 2:16 pm CDT

Canberra | Reuters — The Australian government said on Wednesday it had bought a supply of vaccines for lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly infectious condition affecting cattle, as part of efforts to control the disease and maintain live animal exports. The government says Australia is free of LSD but […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Demand for feed grains ‘in a lull’

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite prices continuing to come down for feed grains in Western Canada, demand for them is currently at a standstill, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “I think we’re in that lull time right now between corn and barley (deliveries) as the (U.S.) corn […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller yields than last year in Saskatchewan

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Yields and crop conditions from this year’s pulse harvest in Saskatchewan largely varied by location, according to SaskPulse executive director Carl Potts. “Generally on the east side of the province and some areas of the south, some pretty good yields. And then in the west-central, southwest regions, some […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned solidly higher Wednesday while lean hogs mostly continued lower. Most-active December live cattle closed 1.975 cents higher Wednesday at 186.975 cents/lb., erasing two days’ losses, but not before touching a one-month low of 184.25 (all figures US$). Both front-month October 2023 and February […]

By Dave Bedard