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U.S. grains: corn, soybean futures firm as traders track heat wave, crop conditions

Jun. 18, 2024 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures turned higher on Tuesday, reversing direction after a two-day slide, as investors tracked a heat wave moving across the eastern Corn Belt after the government reported a decline in U.S. crop ratings.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures drift lower, lean hogs down

Jun. 18, 2024 at 3:46 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs turn higher on news of China-EU trade fight

Jun. 17, 2024 at 4:14 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Grain futures slump, as wheat drops to 8-week low

Jun. 17, 2024 at 3:08 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

June Supply and Demand report has little effect on grain markets

Jun. 13, 2024 at 9:22 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA cuts Russian wheat crop estimate after damaging frosts

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:33 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its forecasts for Russian wheat production and exports on Wednesday, after Moscow declared federal emergencies over crop losses due to unfavourable weather. Increasing concerns about damage from drought and frosts in Russia, the world’s biggest wheat supplier, drove Chicago board of Trade wheat futures […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end mixed, hogs rise on strong pork exports

Jun. 7, 2024 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Friday as wholesale beef price firmed and packer margins improved, but traders remain concerned that cash market values may be near a seasonal peak, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat marks biggest weekly loss in nearly a year as Turkey bans imports

Jun. 7, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures Wv1 fell for an eighth day on Friday for their lowest close in a month after Turkey said it would halt wheat imports in a blow to the global demand outlook.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

USDA, attaché agree on record wheat crop in India

Jun. 7, 2024 at 2:32 pm CDT

India is well on its way to a massive wheat harvest in 2024/25, according to the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in New Delhi. The attaché was in lockstep with the USDA in predicting a record 114 million tonnes.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

Jun. 7, 2024 at 2:03 pm CDT

U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials.

By Julie Steenhuysen Leah Douglas P.J. Huffstutter Reuters