Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and oilseed futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with soybeans rebounding from an earlier five-month low on support from investor short-covering ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly stocks report due on Friday. Rainfall delayed the U.S. corn and soybean harvests, while heavy precipitation could curb wheat output
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat edge higher on short-covering
U.S. grains: Corn, soy decline to one-week lows
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by outlooks for drier weather conditions that should let farmers make headway in gathering record-large crops, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were lower as investors squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of
U.S. livestock: Cattle erase losses to finish flat
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures finished roughly unchanged on Friday, reversing from earlier steep losses as investors squared up positions ahead of a monthly supply report that was released after the market close, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hogs also settled about flat at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, in
U.S. livestock: Cattle decline on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell one per cent on Thursday, pressured by technical selling and as investors took profits following Wednesday’s nearly four-week high, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also were mostly lower while lean hog futures were mixed, with the front-month contract hitting the lowest levels
U.S. livestock: Hogs plunge to contract lows on supply
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell three per cent or more on Monday, with many contracts reaching lifetime lows on pressure from robust hog supplies and technical selling, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures were mostly lower at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by profit-taking after cattle earlier hit multi-week
U.S. grains: Corn, soy at multiweek highs on positioning ahead of USDA
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures finished narrowly higher on Friday, capping big weekly gains in a choppy session of light-volume trading ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report next week. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a 2-1/2-week high and soybeans finished at the highest
U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from small losses and turned higher
U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat each rose one per cent or more on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering linked to export demand prospects and expectations of bullish supply data due next week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA earlier said exporters sold 484,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans to China and unknown
U.S. livestock: Live cattle losses deepen on supply woes, weak beef prices
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures declined more than two per cent on Tuesday, nearing their lowest levels in six years on pressure from big supplies of cattle and beef and lower wholesale meat prices, traders said. Cattle broke below the psychological threshold of 100 cents/lb. for the first time since November 2010
U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble to five-year lows on beef declines
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell to five-year lows on Friday, capping their worst weekly performance so far of 2016 in a technical selloff linked to bigger cattle supplies and lower wholesale beef prices, traders said. Lean hogs also tumbled, declining by as much as 4.8 per cent at the Chicago Mercantile
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