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U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamentals sink CME hog futures

Aug. 6, 2015 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs tumbled more than two per cent on Thursday following the morning’s cash hog and wholesale pork price retreat, traders said. Spot-August futures finished 2.15 cents/lb. lower at 78.075 cents, and most-active October down 2.325 cents at 64.45 cents (all figures US$). […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn dip on disappointing exports, better weather

Aug. 6, 2015 at 3:23 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rises ahead of USDA report

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed, hogs lower

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices advance on crop, weather worries

Aug. 5, 2015 at 2:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn bounces off six-week low prior to crop forecasts

Aug. 4, 2015 at 4:37 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Corn futures edged higher on Tuesday, recovering from a six-week low as bargain-buying and an outlook for drier U.S. weather offset pressure from comfortable global supply. Chicago wheat and nearby soybeans failed to hold earlier gains. Grains were supported by dry conditions in parts of the […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Sluggish beef demand takes down CME live cattle

Jul. 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower for a second day in a row on Thursday, pressured by lacklustre wholesale beef demand that could drag down this week’s cash prices, traders said. August closed 0.525 cent/lb. lower at 146.5 cents, and October down 0.8 cent […]

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy headed above US$11 if weather stays wet

Jul. 15, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, and could be headed above the US$11 per bushel level if weather in the U.S. Midwest stays too wet, an analyst said. “If weather remains somewhat unfavourable we could see, over […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles from year high on drier weather outlook

Jul. 14, 2015 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures retreated from an earlier one-year high and fell nearly three per cent on Tuesday on technical selling and forecasts for crop-friendly weather in the U.S. Wheat futures also were lower, pressured by the advancing winter wheat harvest. Soybean futures were little changed as […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Beef price upswing snaps skid for live cattle

Jul. 14, 2015 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — For the first time in five sessions Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures landed in positive territory on Tuesday, helped by the turnaround in wholesale beef values, traders said. August closed 0.55 cent/lb. higher at 147.15 cents, and October up 0.6 cent to 150.325 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters