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U.S. grains: Corn rallies most since July on lower US plantings outlook

Mar. 28, 2024 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures posted their biggest one-day rally since July after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday reported grain stocks and intended plantings below trade estimates.

CBOT Weekly: Markets react to USDA reports

Mar. 28, 2024 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn and soy fall on positioning ahead of USDA reports

Mar. 27, 2024 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans ease ahead of USDA reports

Mar. 26, 2024 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures slide to two-month lows

Mar. 26, 2024 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Disease affecting U.S. dairy cows re-identified as bird flu

Mar. 26, 2024 at 10:18 am CDT

A wild waterfowl-borne disease creating milk production problems in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico dairy herds has been identified as a strain of bird flu, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says.

By Jeff Melchior

US detects avian flu in milk, says dairy supplies are safe

Mar. 25, 2024 at 5:35 pm CDT

Samples of milk collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for avian flu, but the nation's milk supply is safe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Black Sea tensions, but off three-week peak

Mar. 25, 2024 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures settled up on Monday, but fell short of the three-week high that prices hit early in session.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Dairy farmers urged to be on lookout for U.S. disease

Mar. 25, 2024 at 1:10 pm CDT

U.S. dairy producers are reporting high onset of and high morbidity from Texas Agalactiae Syndrome, with confirmed cases in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico. Lactating cows are considered particularly vulnerable.

By Jeff Melchior

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on profit taking; wheat climbs

Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell more than one per cent on Friday to below $12 a bushel on profit taking a day after the benchmark contract neared a two-month high as farmer soy sales and the dollar's surge added to bearish sentiment, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters