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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on demand expectations

Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures lifted on Wednesday, jumping to two-week highs on expectations that demand for market-ready hogs will perk up in the coming weeks, analysts said. “There seems to be a lot of optimism in buying for after the first of the year,” said Matthew […]

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. winter wheat to feel the cold

Dec. 21, 2022 at 6:46 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up with boxed beef prices

Dec. 19, 2022 at 6:29 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Large gap between StatCan, USDA canola estimates

Dec. 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: South America’s dry weather affecting soy complex

Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:38 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up on Black Sea export concerns

Dec. 12, 2022 at 7:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rallied on Monday after a weekend attack that temporarily shut down key port for Ukrainian exports raised concerns about disruptions to grain shipments, traders said. Soybean futures dropped following rains in Argentina that alleviated concerns about crop shortfalls from that key […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on global stocks

Dec. 9, 2022 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans eased on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) increased its estimate of global ending stocks, though strong exports and South American weather concerns underpinned the market. Corn traded both sides of even, despite an increase in U.S. stockpiles, while wheat eased. The […]

By Christopher Walljasper

USDA supply/demand estimates show only minor updates

Dec. 9, 2022 at 2:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Updated supply-and-demand (WASDE) tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture included only minimal adjustments to the U.S. and world numbers, with larger revisions likely in the New Year. U.S. soybean and wheat ending stocks projections for the current marketing year were left unchanged, while the corn number was […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb to 2-1/2 month highs on strong exports

Dec. 8, 2022 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Thursday, supported by strong export demand, pushing the oilseed to nearly three-month highs. Wheat traded near even after Wednesday’s rebound from a one-year low, although prices remained capped by competition from record high Russian supplies. Corn followed soybeans higher. Movements in […]

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy futures find support, but upside limited

Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Solid export demand, a short squeeze by fund traders and production uncertainty in South America have all propped up Chicago soybean futures over the past week, with more gains possible ahead of the year-end before correcting lower, according to an analyst. With the South American harvest still some […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin