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Michael Hirtzer reports on commodity markets for Reuters from Chicago.


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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA surprise

By Michael Hirtzer May 23, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures tumbled by their respective daily price limits on Monday, declining two per cent or more in a selloff triggered […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selloff

By Michael Hirtzer May 18, 2016
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Wednesday, led by declines in the front-month June contract on technical and fund selling that was linked to an […] Read more


(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle firm on short-covering, beef gains

By Michael Hirtzer May 17, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures edged higher on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and short-covering tied to recent gains in wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs gain most since December on strong cash markets

By Michael Hirtzer May 11, 2016
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hogs surged as much as 2.5 per cent for their biggest daily gains since December on Wednesday, lifted by rising cash prices and wholesale […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump, cattle firm on gains in meat prices

By Michael Hirtzer May 10, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs gained the most in a week on Tuesday while cattle futures rose for the eighth straight session, with each commodity rising in tandem […] Read more


(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit 3-1/2 week high on cash gains

By Michael Hirtzer May 9, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped as much as two per cent to the highest levels in nearly a month on Monday, lifted by gains in the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tumble on profit-taking
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tumble on profit-taking

By Michael Hirtzer April 22, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybeans and corn plunged on Friday, with wheat posting its largest daily declines in three years as investors locked in profits after huge gains […] Read more

(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit eight-month high

By Michael Hirtzer April 21, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans surged to the highest levels in eight months on Thursday on technical buying and bull-spreading as investors eyed outlooks for lower output due to […] Read more


(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer April 20, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans shrugged off early losses to surge two per cent on Wednesday, hitting new eight-month highs and extending the gains of a dramatic April rally […] Read more

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Wheat, soy jump to multi-month highs on fund buying

By Michael Hirtzer April 19, 2016
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures extended gains to multi-month peaks on Tuesday, lifted largely by technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Corn also […] Read more

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