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

Jun. 19, 2015 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday gained for the first time in seven sessions, partly buoyed by short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. Analysts on average expect Friday’s report to show 7.2 […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

Jun. 17, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as planting slows, crop concerns emerge

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

Jun. 11, 2015 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. will climb to a record high this year due to the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry, U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued Wednesday showed. USDA, in a monthly supply and demand report, increased […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

Jun. 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses to the lowest levels in a week on Thursday, pressured by gains in the dollar and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its supply outlook. Soybeans and corn also eased as the stronger greenback made U.S. goods less attractive in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

Jun. 10, 2015 at 6:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts ended narrowly mixed for the week ended Wednesday, but not before shooting above the $500 per tonne mark amid concerns over persistent dryness across a large portion of Western Canada. “If we don’t get those rains or if they’re disappointing then I […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent for their largest losses in two weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its production forecast for the winter wheat crop in a monthly supply and demand report. Corn futures posted their largest daily […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

Jun. 5, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday on end-of-week profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. It was the first time all three commodities posted losses on the same day since May 26. Some position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand […]

By Mark Weinraub