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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up third straight session

May. 3, 2016 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday marked three days of gains, supported by their discounts to last week’s prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. June live cattle closed 0.575 cent/lb. higher at 116.375 cents, and August ended up 0.625 cent at 114.35 […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains

May. 2, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on soymeal strength

May. 2, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn rallies on export demand

Apr. 28, 2016 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall; soybeans settle higher

Apr. 27, 2016 at 3:49 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat rally for second day in a row

Apr. 26, 2016 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean and corn futures firmed on Tuesday, their second straight day of gains, on expectations the pace of planting will slow in coming days due to wetter weather. “Tractors could stall quickly as more rains move into the Midwest this week,” Farm Futures senior grain […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: More short-covering extends CME live cattle gains

Apr. 26, 2016 at 3:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied again on Tuesday, led by more short-covering and sentiments that last week’s selloff was overdone, traders said. April live cattle closed 1.25 cents/lb. higher at 126.8 cents, and June ended 2.15 cents/lb. higher at 118.75 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle hit new contract lows before report

Apr. 22, 2016 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sped to new contract lows, accelerated by bearish fundamentals and positioning before the government’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue its monthly cold storage data that will […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month highs in comeback rally

Apr. 12, 2016 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures jumped on short-covering and technical buying on Tuesday, with soybeans closing at eight-month highs after a see-saw session. Heavy buying by commodity investors helped drive the gains, with funds snapping up an estimated 15,000 soybean contracts and 20,000 corn contracts at the Chicago […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat dips again on weak sales, improving crop

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:18 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat dropped on Thursday for the fourth straight session on lacklustre weekly export sales and the improving condition of the U.S. winter crop. Soybeans slid in a correction from Monday’s highest price since Aug. 17 and corn rose on speculation U.S. farmers may switch some acres to […]

By Rod Nickel