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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures set eight-month highs

Feb. 9, 2022 at 4:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and corn futures set eight-month highs on Wednesday on concerns about the risk for more unfavorable crop weather in drought-stressed growing areas of South America, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly crop report, pegged Brazil’s soy […]

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip ahead of USDA report

Feb. 8, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: South American dryness lifts soybeans, corn

Feb. 7, 2022 at 6:19 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on South American crop shortfall

Feb. 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn sags on export worries

Feb. 3, 2022 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday on profit-taking after this week’s multi-month highs and worries about export demand after China canceled a purchase of U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat sagged on poor weekly export data and a lack of fresh supportive news while soybean futures posted […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog, cattle futures hit contract highs

Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose more than two per cent on Tuesday, with most contract months setting life-of-contract highs on fund-driven buying and worries about a winter storm that could slow the transport of animals at a time of tight U.S. hog supplies, traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher on rising slaughter pace

Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures hit the highest in nearly a month on Monday, supported by an improving U.S. slaughter pace and signs of a shrinking U.S. cattle herd, traders said. CME April live cattle futures settled 1.425 cents higher at 144.525 cents/lb. after […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sink to November lows

Jan. 24, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled on Monday as investors reduced risk and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week confirmed producers placed more animals into feedlots in December, analysts said. USDA said cattle producers placed 1.96 million head in feedlots last month, up […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit highest since June

Jan. 21, 2022 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose to their highest in seven months on Friday as concerns about production in South America spurred demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybean futures eased from the seven-month top they hit on Thursday, succumbing to a round of profit […]

By Mark Weinraub