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ICE weekly outlook: Cold-weather bump expected for canola

Jan. 10, 2018 at 6:45 pm CST

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola complex is facing a slew of supportive and bearish factors as it slowly makes its way through the first part of January. Foremost on traders’ minds is a batch of reports set to be released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on U.S. inventories

Jan. 10, 2018 at 5:24 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn higher on short-covering

Jan. 9, 2018 at 6:34 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat ease ahead of USDA reports

Jan. 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybean markets quietly await USDA reports

Jan. 4, 2018 at 9:37 am CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. feedlot cattle placements bigger than expected

Dec. 22, 2017 at 3:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers drove 13.9 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots in November than the same time a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result exceeded the high end of the range of analysts’ forecasts, partly fueled by low feed prices in […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Consolidation lifts CME live cattle ahead of USDA report

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday closed higher, after consolidation and short-covering ahead of Friday’s U.S. government cattle report helped the market recoup some recent losses, traders said. Analysts, on average, expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report at […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Supply worries knock down CME feeder cattle

Dec. 20, 2017 at 5:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle sank on Wednesday to a four-month low, hit by a selloff in live cattle futures as well as expectations for increased supplies, said traders. “You’ve got this cattle report coming out on Friday, and everybody says placement numbers are going to […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on frigid weather

Dec. 20, 2017 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday to notch a 1-1/2-week high on worries about frigid weather across the Wheat Belt that threatens to damage crops lacking protective snow cover. Corn also rose on spillover support from wheat and as traders covered short positions following recent contract […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Softer cash prices weaken CME hogs

Dec. 19, 2017 at 4:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday were weakened for a second day in a row as ample supplies pressured cash prices, said traders. Fund sales and sell stops exerted more pressure on CME hog contracts, they said. February hogs finished down 0.5 cent/lb. to […]

By Theopolis Waters