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U.S. grains: Soybeans up on Chinese buying, Brazil weather

Oct. 14, 2020 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Wednesday, supported by renewed exports and dryness in top exporter Brazil, traders said. Corn and wheat futures ended higher after trading both sides of even as markets digested conflicting indicators. The most active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from prior day’s plunge

Oct. 13, 2020 at 8:01 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as harvest pressure fills bulls’ void

Oct. 12, 2020 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Domestic demand boosts hog futures

Oct. 9, 2020 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures hit 2018 highs as supplies tighten

Oct. 9, 2020 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

USDA’s WASDE bullish for soy, corn, wheat

Oct. 9, 2020 at 4:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The October world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows lower U.S. ending stocks for soybeans, corn and wheat. Projected U.S. soybean ending stocks for 2020-21 were lowered to 290 million bushels from last month’s projection of 460 million. Last year, […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit highest since August 2019

Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose to their highest in more than a year on Thursday, as consumer demand for pork remained robust even as the weather turned cooler. The front-month hog contract has risen for seven days in a row. “The domestic demand is just on fire,” […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls after hitting highest since 2015

Oct. 8, 2020 at 2:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.9 per cent on Thursday, falling from their highest in more than five years, as traders locked in profits ahead of a key U.S. government report. Soybeans and corn also eased from recent peaks but losses were kept in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up on pork demand, cash prices

Oct. 7, 2020 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures extended gains on Wednesday and the front-month contract reached its highest price in about a year due to strength in the cash market, traders said. Solid pork demand has underpinned cash prices in the face of large hog supplies. The U.S. pork cutout, […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Watch for USDA’s corn, soy stocks numbers to decline

Oct. 7, 2020 at 5:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Expect ending stocks for U.S. corn and soybeans to be lower in the upcoming supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. USDA is scheduled to release its next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm