Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed mixed on Wednesday as the market paused following a surge tied to last week’s bullish quarterly hog report […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures pause after rally
Cattle futures end lower
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures extend rally on USDA data
Feeder cattle up on bargain-buying
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Tuesday for a fourth straight session as traders continued to digest Friday’s U.S. government report that signaled […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn down off four-week top
CBOT oats down off 7-1/2-year high; soy, wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday on macroeconomic worries as the dollar strengthened and crude oil futures turned down, and on […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn futures up on firm cash markets
Soybeans post modest gains
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose about two per cent on Monday, rallying from early declines on support from tight domestic cash markets and spillover strength from crude […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs surge on bullish USDA data
Chicago cattle futures sag
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures soared on Monday, with the most-active December contract rising its daily limit after a quarterly U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more
CBOT oats climb on supply woes
Prairie drought eats at availability
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade December oats futures climbed their daily maximum of 25 cents per bushel on Wednesday, nearing a 7-1/2 hear high, after drought slashed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lower as beef prices cool
Lean hogs close mostly lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Thursday, on softening wholesale beef prices and a lack of supportive news, traders said. CME October live cattle […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat end firmer on bargain buying
Markets up off fall from Ida damage
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday on bargain buying after a six-session slide and better-than-expected weekly export sales data, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures also […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up off six-session skid
Hogs up but still rangebound
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher Wednesday on short-covering after a six-session decline and expectations of firming cash cattle prices, traders said. However, the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sag on export worries after Ida
Wheat futures follow downward
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a seven-week low as worries about shipping delays from the […] Read more
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