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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump on fund selling, cash unease

Aug. 12, 2015 at 3:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell on Wednesday, hit by cash price caution and fund liquidation after drifting below key technical levels, traders said. Spot-August futures closed down 1.475 cents/lb. at 148.7 cents (all figures US$). October finished 2.55 cents lower at 146.6 cents, and under […]

USDA sees bumper corn, soy crops despite floods

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn follows broad weakness as crop ratings stabilize

Aug. 11, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs finish mixed

Aug. 11, 2015 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Softer fed cattle market weighs on feeder prices

Aug. 10, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy at two-week highs on weather worries

Aug. 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures climbed to two-week highs on Monday amid concerns about stressful hot weather in the U.S. and Europe coupled with positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report, traders said. Wheat futures also advanced, following the firmer trend. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs down again as supply worries persist

Aug. 10, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs extended losses into a fourth straight session on Monday as hefty supplies stifled cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Spot-August futures closed down 0.675 cent/lb. at 76.65 cents, and most-active October closed 1.15 cents lower at 62.975 (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

Aug. 7, 2015 at 5:37 pm CDT

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on eroding crop prospects

Aug. 7, 2015 at 3:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and registered their first weekly gain in five weeks, helped by signs of improving export demand and expectations that the U.S. government will trim its harvest forecast in a monthly crop report next week. Corn […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices drop hog futures

Aug. 7, 2015 at 3:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs slumped for a third consecutive session on Friday as hefty supplies continued to drag down prices for market-ready (cash) hogs, traders said. Spot-August futures finished 0.75 cent/lb. lower at 77.325 cents, and most-active October down 0.325 cent at 64.125 cents. Friday […]

By Theopolis Waters