Insights and Stories on Thanksgiving

U.S. grains: Wheat up on crop ratings

Nov. 24, 2020 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed to two-week highs on Tuesday as a surprise decline in winter wheat condition ratings raised concerns about supplies of the food grain, traders said, while corn futures ticked lower ahead of Thursday’s U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat futures […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs gain in thin trading on demand optimism

Nov. 23, 2018 at 5:21 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets quiet heading into holidays

Nov. 22, 2018 at 6:17 am CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on technical buying, demand outlook

Nov. 15, 2018 at 5:41 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip on weak cash outlook, lower beef

Nov. 14, 2018 at 5:50 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on export data

Nov. 24, 2017 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday, pressured by disappointing weekly export sales data and ample global supplies, analysts said. Corn and soybeans futures followed wheat lower, bucking support from strength in crude oil and a weaker dollar, which tends to […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans excite ahead of holiday

Nov. 22, 2017 at 5:10 pm CST

CNS Canada — While corn futures sat quietly this week on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), soybean futures were another story ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. On Tuesday, “there was a lot of talk that Argentina was going to have some very good rains; the (soybean) market was […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME lean hog futures

Nov. 22, 2017 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled higher on Wednesday, with support from fund buying and short-covering before the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, traders said. CME livestock markets will be closed for Thursday’s holiday, but resume on Friday at 8:30 a.m. CT and close early at 12:15 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

Nov. 21, 2017 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday rallied from Monday’s losses, ignited by short-covering as investors digested initial cash prices and firmer wholesale beef values, said traders. Technical buying contributed to market advances along with unwinding of Monday’s short live cattle futures long hog spreads, […]

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Investors look for quick buys in corn

Nov. 16, 2017 at 7:01 pm CST

CNS Canada — Pressure continues to build on the Chicago Board of Trade corn market but there could be a glimmer of hope as traders look for places to park money ahead of next week’s U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday. “I think people are looking for a place to buy the […]

By Dave Sims

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