Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned higher on Tuesday, with cattle futures continuing to firm amid signals that cash market prices may ease, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Technical trading sends CME livestock futures higher
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn touch two-week highs on short-covering, weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes The price rally in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures extended into a second day on Tuesday, with the most-active contract Cv1 reaching a two-week high, as traders began to focus on weather-related impacts on the U.S. crop and short-covering, market analysts said.
US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement.
US, Canadian pot firms eye Germany for growth as market stagnates at home
Reading Time: 2 minutes North American cannabis firms, facing prohibitive laws, an overcrowded market and a deeply entrenched illicit sector at home are ramping up investments in Germany after the country partly legalized marijuana use.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound as market unwinds some of its ‘Trump trade’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped on Monday on a flurry of short covering, with prices rebounding from last week's 2020 lows as traders re-evaluated the U.S. political landscape after U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures ended higher on Monday on technical trading, and as futures prices continued to hover well below the cash market levels, analysts said.
JBS supplies tallow, lard for sustainable aviation fuel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazilian meatpacker JBS is supplying tallow and lard from its international operations for production of renewable aviation fuels, and it is studying a similar initiative in Brazil through the Friboi brand, the company said on Monday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end mixed; traders question slowed slaughter pace
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby live cattle futures ended higher on Friday, amid technical trading ahead of a monthly government cattle supply report, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on short covering, global weather worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed on Friday on short-covering and concerns over weather in wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Plains and globally.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag as Wall Street indexes dip; hogs mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed lower on Thursday on technical selling as well as declines in Wall Street equity markets that raised concerns about consumer demand for beef, analysts said.
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