Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end mixed after hitting new highs

Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder and live cattle futures hit new contract highs again on Tuesday, as tight U.S. supplies and forecast of a strong cash market added fuel to a bull rally, traders said. But by the end of the session, both live […]

U.S. grains: Corn choppy, wheat hits new contract low

Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:33 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle hit new highs

Sep. 11, 2023 at 6:25 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

P.E.I. potato growers, CFIA to draft plan for ‘pest-free places’

Sep. 9, 2023 at 5:10 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month low

Sep. 8, 2023 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle, deferred live cattle set highs on tight supply

Sep. 8, 2023 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures climbed to new peaks on Friday, as limited U.S. supplies continued to propel prices. Inventories of U.S. cattle dwindled to their lowest levels in decades after producers reduced their herds over the last year because drought reduced […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle set contract high, live cattle hit July high

Sep. 7, 2023 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed to a July high on Thursday while feeder cattle set new contract highs. Tight supplies continue to support the markets, analysts said, after U.S. producers reduced their cattle herds over the last year as drought limited the availability of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures stumble as trade awaits harvest, crop data

Sep. 7, 2023 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Thursday as grain traders waited for farmers to harvest their fields and the government to release updated crop estimates next week. Most-active soybean futures ended down 16-3/4 cents at $13.59-1/2 a bushel at the Chicago Board of Trade (all figures US$). […]

By Tom Polansek

UN working on guarantees for Russia to restore grain deal, Moscow skeptical

Sep. 7, 2023 at 3:27 pm CDT

Reuters — The United Nations is “actively engaged” in trying to improve Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports in a bid to convince Moscow to again allow the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. “We believe that it’s necessary to create a system of mutual […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rally near four-week high

Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied on Wednesday to their highest level in nearly four weeks, while feeder cattle also stormed higher. U.S. cattle supplies are tight as drought reduced the amount of pasture available for grazing and drove producers to send more cattle to […]

By Tom Polansek