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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high on cash optimism

Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to two-month highs on Tuesday as wholesale beef prices extended gains, stoking optimism for higher prices this week in Plains cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also were higher, while lean hogs fell for the […]

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on export demand, technical rebound

Mar. 16, 2017 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Trump budget plan cuts USDA food, rural water funding

Mar. 16, 2017 at 12:23 pm CDT

By Jo Winterbottom P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. ag secretary nominee submits ethics disclosures

Mar. 13, 2017 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend slide on Brazil crop outlook

Mar. 10, 2017 at 5:50 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit two-month low on huge Brazil crop

Mar. 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a two-month low on Thursday, pressured by rising government forecasts for a record-large Brazilian soy harvest, traders said. Corn futures also declined on forecasts for big South American crops, and wheat followed the weak trend. The Chicago Board of Trade May soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle up one per cent

Mar. 9, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures gained one per cent and live cattle futures were narrowly higher on Thursday amid rising demand for animals, especially for grazing, traders and analysts said. Greening pastures in the Plains region boosted demand for lighter-weight cattle to feed on grass, with beef […]

By Michael Hirtzer

USDA raises U.S. stocks view as Brazil crop threatens exports

Mar. 9, 2017 at 1:58 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. soybean supplies will be bigger than expected at the end of the marketing year as a record harvest in Brazil will flood the global market, cutting into demand for U.S. exports, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans facing bearish headwinds

Mar. 8, 2017 at 4:13 pm CST

CNS Canada — All eyes in the agricultural commodity world are focused on the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report due out Thursday. However, unless there’s a major surprise contained within the report, it’s hard to see the bias pointed higher […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on Brazil crop expectations

Mar. 7, 2017 at 2:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped 1.1 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest in more than a week on rising expectations for a Brazil harvest already forecast to be a record, traders said. Outlooks for a bountiful South American harvest also weighed on corn futures, while wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub