Chicago cattle and hog futures slid on Tuesday as economic data showed signs of slowing U.S. household spending. Most-active December live cattle closed at 235.150 cents a pound, down 1.125 […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: Cattle and hog futures slide
U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures rise as dollar sags; crop yields eyed
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit their highest in more than two months on Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and uncertainty about the size […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn sags as bumper US crop harvest advances, soybeans retreat
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell on Monday, retreating from a two-month high set on Friday, as market players focused on projections for a record-large […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise
Chicago cattle futures rallied on Monday following losses in the previous trading session. Hogs also rose. Most-active December live cattle contracts closed at 236.275 cents a pound, up 4.350 cents. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on investor expectations that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins might announce a re-opening of the border with Mexico for cattle […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn jump after USDA’s monthly crop report
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean and corn futures rose on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture delivered a bearish, but unsurprising, monthly crop report. U.S. farmers will harvest […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans tick higher ahead of USDA report
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybeans futures rose on Thursday as traders squared positions before a government crop report on Friday that will include closely watched U.S. corn […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures bounce on short covering
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ticked higher on Thursday on a short-covering bounce, though a weaker cash market and concerns around consumer demand for beef continued […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle make gains, hogs mixed
Most Chicago cattle futures rose on Wednesday after Tuesday’s hard fall. Hogs settled on either side of unchanged. Most-active October live cattle futures closed at 231.150 cents per pound, up […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy and corn ease as traders await US crop report
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans and corn dipped on Wednesday as traders squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand report due on Friday, […] Read more