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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rebound on bargain buying

Oct. 6, 2016 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed higher on Thursday on short-covering and bargain buying after futures tumbled to a seven-year low on Wednesday, traders said. CME October lean hogs, which will expire on Oct. 14, led advances due to a discount to the exchange’s hog index […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures fall, soybeans firm as harvest expands

Oct. 6, 2016 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans look overpriced

Oct. 5, 2016 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

Oct. 5, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybean rally snuffed out as harvest advances

Oct. 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn jumps in trading against wheat

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped to a 10-1/2 week high on Monday, lifted by trades that simultaneously bought the grain and sold wheat, after last week’s report on supplies by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago wheat slipped, while soybeans rose to their highest since Sept. 23 on short-covering […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME lean hogs

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying following futures’ plunge by their three-cent/lb. price limit on Friday, said traders. October, which will expire on Oct. 14, closed down 0.1 cent/lb. at 48.925 cents (all figures US$). Most-actively […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle tumble to multi-year lows on supply woes

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures plummeted to the lowest levels in years on Friday, extending recent declines amid abundant animal and meat supplies and as investors squared up their books on the final day of the quarter, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell roughly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn jumps on positioning, new signals of feed demand

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped Friday on quarter-end positioning and government crop data that signalled livestock producers had not cut back on feeding the grain in favour of wheat, as some traders had expected. Prices rose after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a quarterly crop report, […]

By Tom Polansek

September record-large U.S. hog herd topped expectations

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd in the June-August quarter grew two per cent versus a year ago to a record high, according to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture report, which surpassed average trade projections. Affordable feed, solid summer grilling demand and respectable U.S. pork exports encouraged farmers to grow […]

By Theopolis Waters