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U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs

Dec. 7, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, partly led by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling against the U.S. in a meat-labeling dispute, said traders. Canada and Mexico may impose tariffs worth $1 billion onto U.S.-traded products, a WTO panel ruled on Monday, as […]

USDA regulators approve new Syngenta corn trait

Dec. 2, 2015 at 7:31 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn has upside potential, soy rangebound

Dec. 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm CST

By Jade Markus

Poultry, eggs from seven U.S. states still blocked at border

Nov. 30, 2015 at 3:01 am CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soy rallies off multi-year low ahead of U.S. holiday

Nov. 25, 2015 at 3:30 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on improving crop conditions, big stocks

Nov. 24, 2015 at 7:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent on Tuesday, giving up all the prior session’s gains, as a further improvement in the condition of the U.S. winter crop placed attention back on ample global supply of the staple cereal. Corn prices eased, following wheat […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

Nov. 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell as much as 1.8 per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-week high in the previous session, traders and analysts said. A government report on Monday showing bigger beef supplies than a year […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide before USDA report

Nov. 20, 2015 at 6:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures lost modest ground on Friday, amid caution ahead of Friday afternoon’s cash prices and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. Analysts expect the report to show fewer cattle placed into feedlots last month than […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. feedlot cattle placements hit nearly 20-year low

Nov. 20, 2015 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed into U.S. feedlots last month declined four per cent from a year ago to their lowest level for October since the government began tabulating the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. October’s placement results nearly […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies 1.5 per cent

Nov. 19, 2015 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures all firmed on Thursday on support from better-than-expected export sales reports for all three commodities, traders said. Gains in soybeans were limited by a huge global supply base following bumper harvests across the U.S. Midwest as well as improving crop […]

By Mark Weinraub