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CBOT May 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the highs, although the market closed

Hogs, Markets

Lean hog futures plunge to a six-year low

Market Outlook: What was first seen as a downward correction was a longer-term trend

By David Drozd April 6, 2015

Lean hog futures have lost 57 per cent of their value since prices peaked at a historical high of $134 per hundredweight on July 15, 2014. As always, the news was incredibly bullish at the top. Expectations for higher hog prices ran rampant, as the industry was concerned about the PED virus outbreak and the

Live cattle weekly nearby: Chart as of Jan. 28, 2015.

Market news, Markets

Key reversal alerts livestock producers to recent downturn

Technical analysis has the ability to cut through the news and see opportunities

By David Drozd February 5, 2015

Live cattle futures plummeted $23 per hundredweight after turning down from a new historical high in late November 2014. As always, the news was incredibly bullish at the top, so some livestock producers may have been caught off guard by the sudden drop in prices. However, producers who study charting and technical analysis may have

Crude oil monthly nearby: Chart as of Nov. 27, 2014.

Market news, Markets

Crude oil falls to a four-year low

Plunging prices are casting a dark shadow across the commodity sector

By David Drozd December 4, 2014

At the time of this writing, crude oil has plunged $40 per barrel, losing 37 per cent of its value, since prices turned down from $107.73 in June 2014. This market’s steady decline may have come as a surprise to some followers of oil, but for those who study charting and technical analysis, they were

Livestock Markets, US Markets

CME live cattle narrowly mixed, cash lends support

By Reuters December 2, 2013

Dec 2 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures traded narrowly mixed on Monday, while expectations of steady to higher prices in the cash cattle market limited losses, analysts said.

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures end higher on gains in cash

By Reuters November 29, 2013

* CME feeders find support from lower CBOT corn * Hog futures narrowly mixed By Meredith Davis CHICAGO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher in thin trading on Friday supported by stronger cash cattle prices, traders said. Beef packers this week paid $132 per cwt for cattle in the

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Fund buying rallies U.S. hog futures

By Reuters November 20, 2013

* Short covering lifts CME live cattle * Feeders gain with live cattle futures By Meredith Davis CHICAGO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - CME lean hogs ended higher on Wednesday, supported by fund buying after futures returned above technical resistance levels, traders and analyst said. December hogs settled 0.825 cent per lb higher at 86.250 cents

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Higher cash prices lift U.S. live cattle futures

By Reuters November 15, 2013

* Weak corn prices support CME feeder cattle * Short-covering props up CME hog futures By Meredith Davis CHICAGO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended firmer on Friday, helped by higher cash prices, traders said. Packers in Texas and Kansas paid $132 per cwt on Friday for cash or slaughter-ready

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

CME live cattle futures slip as beef quotes weigh

By Reuters November 13, 2013

Nov 13 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures turned down slightly on Wednesday, weakened by lower wholesale beef prices late on Tuesday, traders said. * Late Tuesday's choice wholesale beef values dropped 53 cents per hundredweight (cwt) from Monday to $202.26. Select cuts fell $1.20 to $188.54, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. *

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

CME live cattle futures rise with cash price hopes

By Reuters November 12, 2013

Nov 12 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures gained modestly on Tuesday in anticipation of at least steady cash prices this week, traders said. * They said tighter cattle supply expectations in the months ahead encouraged deferred-month live cattle buying. * Funds that follow the Standard & Poor's Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S&PGSCI) will shift,

Daily Network News

China vows to stabilize grain production, increase soybean oilseed self-sufficiency

Klassen: Feedlot margins will determine feeder prices

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

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U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Lean hog futures plunge to a six-year low

Key reversal alerts livestock producers to recent downturn

Crude oil falls to a four-year low

CME live cattle narrowly mixed, cash lends support

LIVESTOCK-U.S. live cattle futures end higher on gains in cash

LIVESTOCK-Fund buying rallies U.S. hog futures

LIVESTOCK-Higher cash prices lift U.S. live cattle futures

CME live cattle futures slip as beef quotes weigh

CME live cattle futures rise with cash price hopes

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