Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose more than two per cent on Monday on signs of firming cash hog values, rising wholesale pork prices and short-covering. CME June lean hog futures settled up 2.05 cents at 86.15 cents/lb., with the July contract up 2.175 cents at 87.5 cents […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up two per cent on firm cash markets, short-covering
June live cattle down, later months up
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat gains on small harvest outlook
Corn, soybeans mostly lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, with traders focused on forecasts for crop shortfalls in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains, while corn and soybeans were mostly lower on a government outlook for record-large harvests of both crops. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures posted the biggest gains, surging more than four per […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on supportive USDA data
Corn mixed; May wheat unchanged on day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 2.1 per cent on Friday, climbing back above US$15 a bushel for the first time since mid-March after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for 2023 plantings and its March 1 soy stockpiles estimate both came in at the low end of trade expectations. Corn futures ended […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat down off Wednesday’s one-month high
USDA stocks, prospective plantings reports due out Friday
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday on profit-taking after one-month highs a day earlier and reminders of strong competition for global export business, analysts said. Nearby corn and soybean futures drifted lower as traders squared positions ahead of key U.S. plantings and stocks reports due on Friday. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally from multi-month lows
Ukraine corridor talks eyed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding from multi-month lows set last week, as Wall Street equity markets turned higher and signs of fresh grain export demand emerged, analysts said. Uncertainty about talks to extend a wartime grain export corridor from Ukraine lent support. Soybean futures posted smaller advances […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle highest since 2015 as corn sags
Live cattle mixed, hogs mostly higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Front-month feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit the highest in nearly 7-1/2 years on Wednesday as falling prices for corn signaled cheaper feed costs, traders said. CME April feeder cattle futures settled up 1.4 cents at 200.075 cents/lb. after setting a life-of-contract high of 200.225 cents (all figures […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat below US$7 on hopes for Ukraine export extension
CBOT corn down, soybeans up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark Chicago wheat futures dropped below US$7 per bushel on Monday for the first time in 17 months, pressured by reminders of adequate global supplies and optimism that the safe corridor to export grain from war-torn Ukraine will be extended, traders said. Corn futures also declined. But soybeans rose as Chicago […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag as pork prices retreat
February live cattle up, April down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed lower on Wednesday, retreating from six-week highs set a day earlier as wholesale pork prices backed down after spiking higher early in the week. Live cattle futures closed mixed, underpinned by surging beef prices. At the CME, April hogs settled down 2.55 cents at […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month low on Black Sea competition
Chicago soybeans, corn also lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in nearly a month on Wednesday as an Egyptian purchase tender highlighted export competition from the Black Sea region, tempering worries about war disruption to Ukrainian supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures fell on profit-taking and expectations of increasing soy export competition from Brazil, where […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn hit one-week highs on Argentina weather worries
Firmer U.S. dollar drags on CBOT wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures hit their highest in a week and soyoil touched a one-month peak on Tuesday as worries about crop prospects in drought-hit Argentina supported prices, analysts said. “It’s all about drought in Argentina… and adding more risk premium,” said Don Roose, president of Iowa-based U.S. Commodities. “The […] Read more
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