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U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on trade worries, good weather

Jun. 8, 2018 at 2:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid for a fifth straight session on Friday and registered the steepest weekly decline in 10 months as favourable U.S. crop weather and concerns over slowing export trade weighed on prices. Corn futures edged up on short-covering after dipping to multi-month lows on […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide on weather

Jun. 7, 2018 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S./China trade uncertainty weighs on soy

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn climb on bargain-buying

Jun. 5, 2018 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide on crop weather, trade jitters

Jun. 4, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to a two-month low on Monday as favourable U.S. crop weather and worries about trade disputes triggered fund-driven long liquidation, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat followed the weak trend that spread across commodity markets. Chicago Board of Trade July corn settled down […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada to U.S.: Explain that farm spending war chest

Jun. 1, 2018 at 4:42 am CDT

Chicago/Geneva | Reuters — Canada wants the United States to explain why its lawmakers have made an additional $30 billion available to support U.S. farmers hit by trade woes, and how Washington might distribute the money, according to a document published by the World Trade Organization on Thursday. The questions […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Miles

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats on profit-taking, weather

May. 30, 2018 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday on a mix of profit-taking following 10-month highs established a day earlier and improving weather forecasts for U.S. and Canadian spring wheat regions, analysts said. Corn futures hit a one-month low and soybeans followed the weak […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

May. 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

May. 24, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday, pressured by fears of lower trades in cash cattle markets and positioning ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture was set to release its […]

By Michael Hirtzer