Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished flat on Friday but notched a second consecutive weekly decline as ample global supplies, favorable U.S. weather and weak Chinese demand hung over the market.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Thursday to their lowest level since April on beneficial U.S. crop weather and poor demand from China, analysts said.
In major U.S. livestock regions, some ranchers have slowly begun taking the first steps to boost cattle production after the nation’s inventory shrank due to a years-long drought that dried up pasture land used for grazing and hiked feeding costs.