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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday ahead of a key U.S. government report due on Friday expected to raise estimates of U.S. 2018 corn and soybean plantings. Wheat also eased, pressured by an accelerating U.S. winter crop harvest and reports of higher-than-expected yields in some areas. Favourable crop

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer June 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Market watching weather, acres, trade

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 27, 2018

CNS Canada — Canola futures bounced around within a rather narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, but generally trended higher as the market recovered off of the four-month lows hit on June 19. Statistics Canada releases updated acreage estimates on Friday, and any surprises in the data could provide some nearby direction. The U.S.

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans should benefit as China lifts tariffs

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 27, 2018

CNS Canada — The $9 a bushel mark seems like a distant memory for soybeans as import tariffs between China and the U.S. continue to sap buying interest in the crop. China buys roughly 60 per cent of the United States’ annual soy exports — and there’s no telling when or how that shortfall will

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday on bargain buying after a three-session sell-off pushed the Chicago Board of Trade September contract to a one-week low, traders said. CBOT soybeans and corn ended flat to firmer, consolidating after recent declines and as investors awaited two key U.S. government crop reports later this

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also weighed on the hog market.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in May drove more cattle into U.S. feedlots than anticipated compared with the same period a year ago, said analysts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report. The data also showed the June 1 feedlot cattle supply climbed 4.1 per cent from a year earlier —

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed moderately higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering that pared some recent market losses amid U.S. trade worries, said analysts. U.S. hog farmers, still reeling from higher retaliatory tariffs on pork imposed by China in early April, are bracing for another round

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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 20, 2018

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean market is in recovery mode following a wild day where contracts hit nearly a 10-year low. “It was one of the craziest days we’ve seen in recent memory yesterday. And volume was just absolutely through the roof,” said Terry Reilly, a senior commodity analyst with Futures

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on Monday in a bull-spreading rally amid rising cash hog prices and strong demand from pork packers, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by chart-based buying and positioning ahead of

Daily Network News

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

ICE weekly outlook: Market watching weather, acres, trade

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans should benefit as China lifts tariffs

U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

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