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USDA sees corn, wheat supplies rising as exports wane

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:50 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat ending stocks will be higher than previously expected at the end of the marketing year due to a drop in already weak demand for U.S. supplies on the export market, the government said on Tuesday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly […]

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to lowest since 2010 on record supply estimate

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:27 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans set new 2016 low as rains hit dry Argentina

Feb. 8, 2016 at 3:26 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

New further-month live cattle futures, options to resume

Feb. 4, 2016 at 7:06 pm CST

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans await fresh news

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:47 pm CST

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 1.5 per cent on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales data, traders said. Corn and soybeans also fell, retreating from six-week highs set this week, on improving crop prospects in South America. At the CBOT, March wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen Justin Madden

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn close strong on bargain buying

Jan. 29, 2016 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended strong on Friday, rallying on month-end buying a day after cancellations of U.S. soybean sales to China sent the market to a three-week low, traders said. Corn and wheat also settled higher. CBOT March soybeans finished up 14-1/2 cents at $8.82-1/4 a […]

By Justin Madden

U.S. cattle herd growth to five-year high spells cheaper beef ahead

Jan. 29, 2016 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Beef prices will keep trending lower, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Friday showed the U.S. cattle herd as of Jan. 1 grew three per cent from a year ago, to a five-year high. Healthy pastures, more-affordable grain and record-high cattle prices […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall amid global export setbacks

Jan. 28, 2016 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled on Thursday, with the most-active March contract down 1.6 per cent, the largest drop for soybeans in more than a month, after exporters canceled U.S. soybean sales to China. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat ended 4-1/4 cents lower at $4.72-1/4 per […]

By Justin Madden

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

Jan. 22, 2016 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained for a second day in row on Friday, supported by follow-through buying after contracts settled up by their 3-cent-per-lb daily price limit on Thursday, said traders. Investors also tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle-On-Feed report […]

By Theopolis Waters