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Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on U.S. inventory data

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen February 5, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged but there was a wide variation across the Prairies. Major markets in Alberta traded steady to as much as $5 higher, while Saskatchewan and Manitoba prices were quoted $3 higher to as much as $5 lower. Major finishing operations in Alberta focused on

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip on Argentina rain outlook, technical selling

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume February 2, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Friday on technical selling and as an improved South American crop weather forecast soothed some anxiety about drought-reduced production in Argentina. Wheat also declined, with soft red winter wheat futures pressured by forecasts for snow in some U.S. production areas. Corn

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on fund buying

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday touched a three-month top, spurred by short-covering and fund buying, said traders. April closed up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit (all figures US$). Investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold February. The limit will expand to 4.5 cents on Friday. February live cattle

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on weak exports, bumper Brazil harvest

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume February 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped for a second straight day on Thursday on technical selling and profit taking following government data showing lower-than-anticipated U.S. export sales last week. Forecasts for rain and cooler temperatures in Argentina by mid-February and an accelerating soy harvest in Brazil further weighed on prices. Corn and wheat

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 31, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Encroaching drought in the U.S. southern Plains contributed to the smallest rise in the nation’s cattle population in three years, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Wednesday. Insufficient moisture in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, along with areas of persistent dryness in the northern Plains, hurt winter

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Futures get weather boost

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 31, 2018

CNS Canada — The troublesome weather that gave Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn, soybean and wheat contracts a boost over the past week should remain supportive, despite nearby technical setbacks, according to a trader. “I’m still slightly bullish on beans, corn and wheat given the unfavourable weather situation in South America, with too much

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Profit-taking drags wheat from multimonth peaks

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 31, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. winter wheat futures turned lower on Wednesday in a profit-taking setback from multi-month highs after five straight sessions of gains fuelled by concerns over poor crop conditions in the U.S. Soybeans were also lower as traders banked profits from a recent grain market rally and a slightly improved crop weather

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers should see higher returns for their product in the spring of 2018, but whether those prices last may determine how successful Canada is at tapping new markets. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture supply estimates, weekly U.S. hog slaughter numbers over the past two months have averaged 2.369 million

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Strong cash trade lifts CME live cattle

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen January 29, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday, riding a tailwind from Friday’s higher-than-expected prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.1 cents/lb. higher at 125.7 cents and most-active April settled up 0.375 cents at 125 cents (all figures US$). After futures closed on Friday,

Livestock, Markets

Drought lands more cattle into U.S. feedlots than expected

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters January 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers sent nearly one per cent more cattle to U.S. feedlots in December than the same time a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped most analysts’ predictions, mainly led by worsening drought in the U.S. southern Plains that shriveled available winter wheat grazing pasture.

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Tag Archives USDA

Klassen: Feeder market stabilizes on U.S. inventory data

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip on Argentina rain outlook, technical selling

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on fund buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on weak exports, bumper Brazil harvest

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

CBOT weekly outlook: Futures get weather boost

U.S. grains: Profit-taking drags wheat from multimonth peaks

Pork exports key in 2018 as U.S. slaughter ramps up

U.S. livestock: Strong cash trade lifts CME live cattle

Drought lands more cattle into U.S. feedlots than expected

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