Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed mostly lower on Friday after a wild session that saw the May soybean contract tumble to its lowest in over a month on worries about trade tensions, only to pare losses and briefly turn higher in late moves as soymeal soared. Corn closed modestly higher after notching
U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower in volatile session
U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after weather-driven selloff
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures firmed Thursday on bargain-buying a day after forecasts for much-needed moisture pressed the Kansas City May hard red winter wheat contract to a seven-week low, traders said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while soybeans ended mostly steady. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat futures settled up 2-1/4 cents
U.S. grains: Wetter forecasts pressure K.C. wheat
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hard red winter wheat futures fell to near two-month lows on Wednesday on forecasts of another round of beneficial showers next week in the southern Plains that could boost crop prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat rallied late in the session to end higher, while
U.S. grains: Wheat prices bounce after steep losses
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Tuesday in a light recovery bounce after falling to a seven-week low, but trade was cautious after weekend rains on the parched U.S. Plains offered respite for the winter wheat crop. Soybeans firmed on bargain-buying after Monday’s losses while corn edged lower after
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to six-week lows on Monday as much-needed rain and snow fell in dry areas of the southern Plains, pushing most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat futures down more than five per cent, traders said. Corn and soybean futures sagged on fund-driven long liquidation and as weekend rains
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Friday on technical selling and expectations of a seasonal uptick in beef supplies as the pace of cattle slaughter increases, analysts said. “(There is) a little concern that we might have posted the smallest supply of the year, and now we are facing
U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on technical buying
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher Tuesday on technical buying, halting a four-session slide that drove the benchmark April contract to a two-week low a day earlier. But the contract closed well off its session high, paring gains as cattle traders reacted to a firmer U.S. dollar and declines
U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on bearish placements data
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, with the benchmark April contract touching a two-week low following Friday’s bearish Cattle on Feed report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traders said. The government on Friday reported that 2.068 million head of cattle were placed on feed last month, up
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn lower in pause after multi-month highs
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Friday, retreating from multi-month highs established a day earlier as traders took profits and focused on prospects for better weather in the drought-hit U.S. Plains wheat belt. Soybeans sagged on much-needed rains in Argentina’s crop belt and worries about U.S. soybean export demand. Broad
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week top
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures set a one-week high on Thursday as worries about dry weather curtailing Argentina’s harvest overshadowed bearish data in a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report (USDA), analysts said. Corn futures firmed on strong export demand while wheat retreated on profit-taking after multimonth highs. Chicago Board of Trade March
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