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U.S. grains: Wheat drops as USDA raises global supply view

Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly raised its global supply outlook in a monthly report, citing larger crops in Australia, the U.K. and Kazakhstan that offset lower Argentine and EU production. A firmer U.S. dollar also weighed on […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy ease as traders await crop data

Nov. 8, 2022 at 8:39 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn sag on worries about China demand

Nov. 7, 2022 at 8:02 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn futures end down as U.S. export sales disappoint traders

Oct. 27, 2022 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on robust beef, pork demand

Oct. 21, 2022 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm

Oct. 17, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures ended slightly higher on Monday but closed well off their session peaks as traders monitored developments in efforts to keep a Black Sea shipping lane open for Ukraine grain exports. Corn futures sank on seasonal harvest pressure while soybeans firmed on bullish export […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: October USDA report delivers few major changes

Oct. 12, 2022 at 7:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For the most part, the latest monthly supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided little in terms of major changes from its September report. USDA issued its October world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) during the late morning Wednesday, with much of the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle mostly up with consumption forecast

Oct. 12, 2022 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mostly firmer on Wednesday as wholesale beef prices stabilized after a recent slide and as a monthly government report helped to temper concerns about waning consumption. Gains were capped by eroding beef packer margins, although cattle demand is likely […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: USDA cuts soy, corn crop outlooks, trims demand

Oct. 12, 2022 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a two-week high on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly cut its U.S. harvest forecast and raised imports by top soy buyer China in a monthly report. Soybean price gains were held in check, however, by expectations for […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn slip ahead of key crop forecasts

Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell back on Tuesday, after jumping to a three-month high a day earlier, as signs of escalation in the war between Russia and Ukraine continued to raise concerns about the viability of Black Sea grain trade in the coming months. Corn futures slipped, […]

By P.J. Huffstutter