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US Grains: wheat futures end firmer amid Black Sea supply worries

Jul. 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures finished stronger on Tuesday after Ukrainian officials said Russian air strikes damaged infrastructure at the port of Odesa, a day after Moscow quit the Black Sea grain export deal. The strikes diminished some expectations that Russia may still renew the […]

Klassen: Feeder market continues climb

Jul. 18, 2023 at 1:26 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall as Black Sea grain deal expires

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME August live cattle touch new high

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Net short position nearly gone in canola

Jul. 14, 2023 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise as Ukraine shipping deal set to end

Jul. 14, 2023 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday as drought conditions in Canada and the northern Plains continue to weigh on the market, as does uncertainty over the future of Ukraine’s wartime grain export shipping deal that is set to expire on Monday. Corn followed wheat up on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle turn higher

Jul. 14, 2023 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned higher on Friday amid a flurry of technical trading, even as beef prices continued to see a seasonal downturn, traders said. Cash cattle market trades this week continued to be down $2-$3 per hundredweight (cwt), traders said (all figures […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures gain as pork prices rise

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended higher on Thursday, buoyed by rising wholesale pork prices and firm cash hog values, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) quoted the wholesale pork carcass cutout at $110.90 per hundredweight (cwt), up 24 cents from Wednesday, and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as focus returns to weather, dollar

Jul. 13, 2023 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures bounced on Thursday on bargain buying after hitting a 2-1/2-year low early in the session while soybeans rose three per cent as traders shifted their focus back to uncertain crop weather and worries about supplies, analysts said. A slump in the U.S. dollar […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle down off contract highs on profit-taking

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Wednesday on a round of profit-taking after most months climbed to life-of-contract highs, with a seasonal downturn in beef prices adding to bearish sentiment, traders said. Most-active August live cattle futures settled down 1.95 cents at 176.875 […]

By Julie Ingwersen