Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures leaped over two per cent on Monday, posting the biggest one-day advance in nearly a month on soaring cash corn markets and tight […] Read more
U.S. corn jumps two per cent on soaring cash markets
U.S. cattle futures lower as beef eases
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, with weaker beef markets and expectations for lower cash cattle trade in the U.S. Plains feedlot region lending pressure, […] Read more
U.S. cattle futures gain on short-covering
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed higher on Thursday on technical short-covering and despite wholesale beef markets that eased again from recent record highs, traders and analysts said. […] Read more
U.S. cattle futures dip as beef eases; cash seen lower
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Wednesday as wholesale beef markets began to ease from record peaks and on some outlooks for lower cash cattle markets late […] Read more
U.S. corn, soy jump one per cent on planting snarls
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures jumped one per cent on Friday as persistent heavy rains delayed U.S. planting of both crops, threatening production prospects. “Nobody wants […] Read more
U.S. wheat drops on worries about GM wheat find
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Thursday on concerns about the fate of U.S. wheat exports following the discovery of an unapproved genetically modified (GM) wheat variety in […] Read more
U.S. hogs up on firm cash as trade ponders Smithfield deal
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rose on Wednesday on firm cash hog markets while traders digested news that a Chinese firm said it would buy U.S.-based Smithfield Foods, […] Read more
U.S. soy crumbles as China cancels purchases
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures fell on Wednesday following news that China, the world’s largest buyer of soybeans, had cancelled an order for U.S. soy. Corn was mixed, […] Read more
Soggy U.S. weather propels corn, soybean prices
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied Tuesday with soy leaping more than two per cent, the most in two weeks, as wet U.S. weather threatened to […] Read more
U.S. soybeans rise for sixth straight day on thin supplies
U.S. soybean prices rose for a sixth consecutive session on Thursday and struck an eight-month high as the dwindling cash supply left from the drought-plagued 2012 harvest sparked commercial buying […] Read more
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