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U.S. grains: wheat falls after Ukraine port attack renews worries

Aug. 2, 2023 at 3:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat slid for a sixth consecutive session on Wednesday, after sharp gains overnight as supply jitters caused by a Russian strike against a Ukrainian port were tempered by strong Russian exports and signs Moscow is open to reviving a Black Sea corridor deal. Soybeans dipped […]

CBOT weekly outlook: August forecasts pulling prices down

Aug. 2, 2023 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on export hopes; corn, wheat remain weak

Aug. 1, 2023 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures climb on strong demand

Jul. 31, 2023 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: corn, soy fall as US weather improves

Jul. 31, 2023 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

USDA June soybean crush seen at 175.5 million bushels

Jul. 31, 2023 at 9:49 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soy processors likely crushed 5.265 million short tons of soybeans, or 175.5 million bushels, in June, according to the average forecast of eight analysts surveyed by Reuters ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. If the estimate is realized, it would be […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hog futures reach one-week high

Jul. 28, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures rose on Friday, with the hog market reaching its highest price in a week as profit margins improved for pork processors. The hog market has turned higher after dropping to a one-week low on Wednesday. Most-active October lean hog futures LHV3 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: grain, soy futures drop on milder US weather, with eyes on Black Sea

Jul. 28, 2023 at 2:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures fell to their lowest prices in more than a week on Friday on hopes that U.S. crop weather will improve and Russia will ease its attacks on Ukraine’s grain facilities, analysts said. Technical selling added pressure to prices. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide sharply on promise of rain, yield potential

Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and wheat futures slid on Wednesday on technical trading and news of a better-than-expected spring wheat forecast in parts of North Dakota, even as a heat wave stretched across the U.S. Midwest and part of the Mississippi Valley, traders said. Meanwhile, soybean futures were […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: canola market heading towards choppy waters

Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:48 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – While the recent gains in canola on the Intercontinental Exchange were likely generated by the spreaders, the market will probably become choppy, according to Ken Ball, trader with PI Financial in Winnipeg, Man. “Spreaders for the last few days have been selling canola and buying soyoil,” Ball suggested […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm