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U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles on profit-taking

Nov. 9, 2015 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Monday on profit-taking and improving weather in some key wheat producing areas amid concerns that increasing global supplies will restrict U.S. wheat export demand. Corn futures fell for a third straight session and hit a two-month […]

U.S. livestock: Technical trading, holiday fears sour hog, cattle futures

Nov. 9, 2015 at 5:05 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices again send CME hogs to six-year low

Nov. 6, 2015 at 5:27 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Rising dollar knocks corn near two-month low

Nov. 6, 2015 at 3:23 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat eases off four-week high on export slump

Nov. 5, 2015 at 4:30 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close lower, but up from session lows

Oct. 27, 2015 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by cash price pessimism that later improved, following unexpectedly better cash prices which lifted contracts from morning lows, traders said. Spot October closed 2.875 cents/lb. lower at 136.675 cents, but is currently down 0.675 cents, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps more than four per cent on weather concerns

Oct. 26, 2015 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged more than four per cent on Monday as recent floods in parts of Texas and forecasts for continued dry weather in the U.S. Plains buoyed the market that had been falling in recent weeks. Futures prices for corn crept higher as U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

Oct. 26, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned […]

By Theopolis Waters

China to resume imports from U.S. pork plants

Oct. 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China, the world’s largest pork consumer, will soon resume imports from 14 U.S. pork plants and warehouses, after halting some shipments last year over the use of a feed additive, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA did not provide a date on which China […]

By Reuters

Sept. U.S. feedlot cattle placements near 20-year low

Oct. 24, 2015 at 4:17 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle moved into U.S. feedlots in September fell to its lowest since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. Last month’s placement results were nearly in line with analysts’ forecasts, mostly based on […]

By Theopolis Waters