Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended mixed on Wednesday as market players weighed waning demand from consumers and retailers while hog futures turned higher, following a seasonal pattern, traders said.
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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed as consumer and retail demand declines
U.S. grains: Chicago corn drops to more contract lows as heavy supply weighs
Chicago Board of Trade front and back-month corn futures notched lifetime lows on Wednesday on expectations of a hefty Brazilian corn crop and a lack of weather threats for the large U.S. corn crop that has recently been seeded, traders said.
General Mills forecasts weak annual profit as economic uncertainty weighs
General Mills forecasted annual profit below expectations on Wednesday, as weak demand for its refrigerated baked goods and snacks in the U.S. in a tariff-driven, uncertain macroeconomic background weighed on the Pillsbury owner.
Agricultural consultancy Sovecon raises 2025 Russian wheat crop forecast
Agricultural consultancy Sovecon said on Wednesday it had slightly raised its forecast for Russian wheat production for 2025 by 0.2 million metric tons to 83.0 million metric tons, citing improved crop conditions in parts of central Russia.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat falls on harvest pressure; corn hits contract lows
Chicago wheat futures sank on Tuesday on pressure from the ongoing harvest in the U.S. Plains and Black Sea as well as a lack of weather threats, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on technical selling, cattle mixed
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures edged lower on Tuesday on technical selling after setting contract highs in the previous session as traders weighed whether a seasonal peak in cash hog prices has petered out, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on ‘greenhouse’ weather in US
Chicago soybean futures eased on Monday as favorable U.S. crop weather took the focus away from U.S. strikes on Iran conducted over the weekend.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip on profit-taking, favourable Midwest weather
U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as favourable weather in much of the Midwest boosted crop production potential and as traders squared positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said.
China’s May soybean imports from Brazil jump 37.5 per cent year over year
China’s soybean imports from Brazil surged 37.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, as buyers scooped up South America’s bumper crop, while supplies from the United States also rose 28.3 per cent.
‘Amber waves of grain’ recede in America’s heartland as wheat farmers struggle
Midwestern farmers abandoning wheat crops as profits recede, weather challenges
The Great Plains have long been celebrated for the “amber waves of grain” in the popular hymn “America the Beautiful.” The region’s states produce most of the U.S.-grown crop of hard red winter wheat, favored by bakers for bread. But with prices hovering around $5 (C$6.86) per bushel, U.S. wheat farmers have reached an inflection point, with many forced to either lose money, feed wheat to cattle or kill off the crop.
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