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CBOT weekly outlook: Headlines, geopolitics drive prices

Dec. 4, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

MarketsFarm — To Terry Reilly, about the only things driving the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are headlines and geopolitics developments. “Traders are trading headlines,” Reilly, an analyst for Futures International in Chicago, said in reference to the latest developments in U.S.-China trade talks. Reports on Wednesday morning said the […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop sharply

Dec. 3, 2019 at 4:49 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat surges to five-month high

Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:23 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs recover from two-month low

Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:17 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall to two-month low

Nov. 27, 2019 at 5:36 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch seven-month high

Nov. 25, 2019 at 7:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a seven-month high on Monday, supported by monthly U.S. feedlot data that was not as bearish as some had feared, traders said. Traders also cited spillover strength from record highs on Wall Street equity markets and forecasts for a winter […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink ahead of USDA feedlot data

Nov. 22, 2019 at 6:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell to a one-week low and feeder cattle futures hit a six-week low on Friday ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that traders expected would show a hefty year-on-year increase in the number of cattle placed in feedlots last month. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures halt skid on export data

Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Thursday as bullish weekly export sales data and hopes for progress on a U.S.-China trade deal helped to snap a six-session sell-off, traders said. February lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) settled up 0.675 cent at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat futures climb on short-covering

Nov. 19, 2019 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit their highest in nearly a week on Tuesday as declining U.S. wheat condition ratings and worries about Southern Hemisphere crop prospects fueled a round of short-covering, analysts said. Corn firmed on signs of improving export prospects and soybean futures closed modestly higher. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide on South American weather, trade worries

Nov. 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a two-month low on Monday and soybean futures touched their lowest in seven weeks on forecasts for improving crop weather in South America and uncertainty about prospects for a U.S.-China trade deal, analysts said. Wheat futures rose as worries about tightening global […]

By Julie Ingwersen