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U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

May. 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average […]

U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bearish USDA crop forecast

May. 10, 2018 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy react fittingly to USDA reports

May. 10, 2018 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

USDA sees U.S. corn, soy, wheat supplies falling in 2018-19

May. 10, 2018 at 3:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits on stocks data

May. 9, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn lower ahead of monthly USDA reports

May. 9, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Wednesday on position-squaring ahead of a monthly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and forecasts for welcome rains in Russia’s crop belt, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures were also lower ahead of the USDA’s […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries, bargain buying

May. 8, 2018 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rose Tuesday on bargain hunting following Monday’s sharp declines, and worries about wet forecasts slowing planting in portions of the northern Midwest, analysts said. U.S. wheat futures finished mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures rising while […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Hog prices steadying as barbecue season nears

May. 4, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With barbecue season on the horizon, prices for Canadian pork rose during the week ended April 27, breaking out of their month-long fall. The timing could be perfect, as negotiators have already begun working on improving trade relations and cancelling proposed tariffs on Chinese imports of U.S. […]

By Dave Sims

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

Apr. 26, 2018 at 6:19 pm CDT

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 […]

By Dominique Patton Naveen Thukral

USDA to evaluate new release schedule for livestock reports

Apr. 25, 2018 at 12:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is analyzing information and surveying the livestock sector to determine whether the agency should change the times it releases cattle and hog reports, a top agency official said on Tuesday. USDA is open to changing its schedules in 2019 if the […]

By Julie Ingwersen Michael Hirtzer