Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday for their third straight session of gains and neared a three-week high as rains and […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Corn near three-week high on slow planting
U.S. livestock: Fund buying helps CME hogs close mostly higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with support from fund buying that helped most contracts beat back early-session losses, traders said. Short-covering contributed […] Read more
Diesel, exchange rate to boost cost index for Prairie grain freight
A price index on which the math is based for how much revenue Canada’s big two railways get to keep from handling Prairie grain will see an above-average raise for the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week high on Plains drought conditions
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat rose for the fifth straight session, climbing to a two-week high on Monday on concerns that drought conditions in the southern Plains could cut […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit record high as supplies tight
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures spiked to a record high on Monday, driven by tight supplies of young calves for fattening at feedlots, traders said. […] Read more
Klassen: Lower available supplies support feeder market
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively flat last week, trading steady with week-ago levels while quality replacements were $2-$3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher. Feedlot buying interest was not afraid […] Read more
Bunge chief expects soy crushing margins in China to improve
Barcarena, Brazil | Reuters — Poor soy crushing margins in China that have led the country to default on soy purchases are short term and should improve in two to […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally for fourth day; soybeans climb
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures touched their highest level in more than a week on Friday as escalating tensions in Ukraine heightened fears of supply disruptions and forecasts […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb before USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday closed higher, fuelled by their discounts’ to initial cash prices prior to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed […] Read more
Lower canola acreage no surprise to farm groups
CNS Canada — A slight decline in canola acres in Statistics Canada’s forecast Thursday may have come as a surprise to industry analysts — but farm groups closer to the […] Read more
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