Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures surged on Tuesday in a short-covering rebound from multi-month lows in the prior session, supported by the market’s steep discount to […] Read more
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U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on short covering, discount to cash
Short covering also lifts CME hogs
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat futures hit contract lows
March corn falls 1.7 per cent, soybeans touch three-week low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures tumbled on Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, pressured by slow demand and technical selling and as traders liquidated positions ahead […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Fund selling sends CME cattle to multi-month lows
February hogs touch contract low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled sharply for a second straight session on Monday on fund long liquidation, technical selling and concerns about slowing beef demand […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows
Chicago February hogs set contract low
Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil
Most-active K.C. wheat reaches July 2021 low
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled on Friday under pressure from favourable rains in Brazil, the biggest global supplier, analysts said. The market has pulled […] Read more
China’s COFCO says it imported Canadian durum for first time
China's imports usually involve pasta or durum flour instead
Beijing | Reuters — Chinese state-run food group COFCO Group said it had imported Canadian durum wheat for the first time for processing into flour, a departure from China’s usual […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Weak demand for barley
Cost of corn DDGS may favour barley
MarketsFarm — As demand for barley remains limp, it has become rather difficult to move the feed grain, according to Darcy Haley of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. “There’s just […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil
Wheat rises after Russian attack on Ukraine port; CBOT corn eases
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures lost more than one per cent on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low
Chicago cattle futures end lower
Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The […] Read more
AAFC tweaks crop supply/demand estimates in November report
Estimates hold for most exports
MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly adjusted its supply/demand estimates for November. AAFC published its latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday. Of Canada’s major crops, the […] Read more