Chicago | Reuters – Exchange operator CME Group Inc will allow a type of privately negotiated transaction in all its agricultural markets for the first time on Monday, splitting traders […] Read more
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CME Group expands private trades in grain markets, raising worries
Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination
Brazil | Reuters – Brazil expects the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to declare the country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccinations at a meeting in May, according to […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Wednesday after stronger cash and wholesale pork prices pared some of Tuesday’s losses, said traders. Funds periodically sold, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat from seven-week high
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle Friday closed lower on technical selling and caution before cash prices by day’s end — but not before futures initially hit […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cash price optimism boosts CME live cattle
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reached a seven-week high, propelled by expectations for steady-to-higher cash prices by week’s end, said traders. Thursday’s wholesale beef […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs ease from 10-month top on lower cash prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Wednesday slid from a 10-month high, weakened by profit-taking and less money paid by packers for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle surge on beef demand, cash price hopes
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Tuesday, driven by strong wholesale beef values that generated cash price optimism for this week, said traders. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mostly lower after USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — The bulk of Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, pressured by the morning’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on […] Read more
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