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CBOT weekly outlook: Seasonal harvest pressure weighs on soy, corn

Sep. 3, 2020 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Market activity on the Chicago Board of Trade has been characteristic for September, with harvest activity keeping pressure on values. “The trend for September turns to the downside as harvest starts to pick up,” said Steve Georgy of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. However, next week’s world agriculture […]

U.S. grains: Soy futures jump on reported China purchases

Sep. 2, 2020 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle touch late-July lows on demand jitters

Sep. 2, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch two-year high on dry weather

Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend losing streak

Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise on fresh China sale

Aug. 26, 2020 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to their highest level in more than seven months on Wednesday with stepped-up demand from China and dry weather threatening to cut U.S. Midwest yields supporting prices for a third day in a row, traders said. Corn eased on technical selling and […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Crop concerns, Chinese buying spark rallies in soy, corn

Aug. 25, 2020 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rallied on Tuesday on rising export demand from China and concerns that deteriorating crop conditions will curtail the size of the U.S. fall harvest, traders said. Soybeans topped out at a seven-month high while corn jumped 2.6 per […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall as supplies grow more than expected

Aug. 24, 2020 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Monday, with the market under pressure from a government report that showed supplies were bigger than expected. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday afternoon showed July placements at 111 per cent of a year […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle slide ahead of USDA report

Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Friday on profit-taking and positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report, released after the markets closed. CME lean hog futures also ended lower, correcting after two days of positive movement, as optimism over […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest, export prospects weighed

Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans slipped on Thursday after a seven-month peak a day earlier, while corn eased as traders set recent storm damage against generally strong prospects for harvest yields. Wheat ended higher as traders digested competing signals for global supply. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago […]

By Christopher Walljasper