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CME December live cattle, Sept. 22, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on bargain-buying, tight supplies

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed higher on Friday on tight U.S. cattle supplies and bargain-buying a day after the benchmark December contract hit a one-week low, traders said. CME October live cattle futures settled up 2.1 cents at 187.075 cents/lb. and most-active […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans end up in bounce from one-month low

Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: December hogs limit-down on pork prices, macroeconomic fears

Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-month low on export woes

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Port grain facilities at Constanta, Romania.

Romania, Ukraine to work on grain import-export licensing system

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:17 pm CDT

Bucharest | Reuters — Romania will work with Ukraine over the next 30 days on a grain export control plan that will help protect Romanian farmers, Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu said on Wednesday. Romania is among five eastern European Union countries along with Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia that saw […]

By Reuters

CME December 2023 live cattle, Sept. 20, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end firm, consolidate below recent highs

Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday as the market consolidated just below life-of-contract highs touched a day earlier. Tightening U.S. cattle supplies remain a supportive backdrop to the market, but fresh bullish news was lacking, traders said. Wholesale beef prices fell, extending […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend bounce from multi-year low

Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ended higher on Wednesday, extending a rebound from this week’s near three-year lows, while wheat climbed on a pickup in global export business and soybeans followed grain prices higher. Benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn climbed six cents, or 1.26 per […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Corn up off near-three-year lows

Sep. 19, 2023 at 5:06 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday on bargain-buying after prices touched the lowest levels in nearly three years, but gains were limited by expectations of an ample harvest and weak export demand, traders said. Soybeans ended lower after choppy trading, setting a one-month low on […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Corn down on harvest pressure, demand woes

Sep. 18, 2023 at 5:45 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) hit their lowest levels in nearly three years on Monday as the Midwest harvest expanded, adding to fears of a supply glut at a time of weak export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. The […]

By Zachary Goelman