Insights and Stories on Lunar New Year

U.S. livestock: CME February hogs hit two-month low

Dec. 12, 2022 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME live hog futures fell to a two-month low on Monday, notching their fifth straight day of declines on concerns that Chinese pork consumption will fall during the country’s upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, traders said. Cattle futures were firm, with strength in the cash market […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on South American crop shortfall

Feb. 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures hit contract high

Feb. 2, 2021 at 6:59 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

North American hog markets wracked by coronavirus

Feb. 11, 2020 at 7:55 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm on cash market strength

Dec. 3, 2019 at 4:25 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Fat herds, leaner profits: For China’s pig farmers, New Year feasts bring cold comfort

Dec. 29, 2016 at 11:55 am CST

Beijing/Reuters – With China’s Lunar New Year festivities fast approaching, pig farmers in the world’s biggest pork market have little to cheer. As they fatten herds to meet peak demand, a slump in retail prices and a spike in feed costs are grinding up profits. A wave of imports has […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease from six-week highs

Feb. 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S soybeans and corn futures fell on Wednesday, pressured by profit-taking after recent six-week highs and outlooks for needed rains in South America. Wheat settled narrowly higher at the Chicago Board of Trade after a more than one per cent drop in the dollar against a […]

By Justin Madden Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn snaps winning streak but wheat, soy firm

Jan. 21, 2016 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday, breaking a three-day streak of gains, as a pick-up in country movement of the yellow grain pulled prices from one-month highs hit early in the session, traders said. Wheat and soybean futures closed firm, bouncing back from declines on Wednesday […]