Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures settled higher on Thursday on steady U.S. export demand and weakness in the dollar, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid US export demand
China may buy a couple more cargoes of U.S. soy for next-year delivery: analysts
U.S. livestock: CME hogs decline further as cattle face renewed pressure
"I think we're still trying to hunt for a bottom": analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures extended a slump, as live cattle futures came under renewed pressure with broad selling hitting agricultural markets on Wednesday.
U.S. grains: Soy futures end down as traders eye Brazil weather
Wheat and corn futures advance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures backpedaled on Tuesday after reaching their highest price in December as traders assessed risks from unfavorable crop weather in Brazil.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise with boxed beef prices, bounce from recent decline
CME lean hogs hit lowest price since Nov. 28 contract low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures advanced on Monday as wholesale beef prices increased and the market rebounded from a 2% slide last week, brokers said.
Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply
American pork producers have been losing money as pig prices, consumer demand bump against high costs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle collapse to March lows
Chicago February hogs set contract low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures sank to their lowest levels in nearly eight months at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday on increased concerns about easing demand for U.S. beef. Technical selling accelerated the slide after funds recently liquidated long positions, traders said. “We don’t know what demand is going to be a year […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil
Most-active K.C. wheat reaches July 2021 low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled on Friday under pressure from favourable rains in Brazil, the biggest global supplier, analysts said. The market has pulled back about five per cent since jumping last week to its highest price since August amid concerns over hot, dry weather reducing output in northern […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs mixed after approaching four-week low
Chicago cattle futures end lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures hit their lowest level in about four weeks on Wednesday before ending mixed as traders adjusted positions before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The market has dropped about eight per cent since rising on Nov. 7 to the highest price in more than a month, as ample U.S. supplies […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs near four-week low amid large supply
Cattle futures slip lower
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest price in nearly four weeks on Tuesday as large supplies hung over the market. Technical selling added pressure on prices as December hogs dropped below 70 cents/lb. for the first time since Nov. 1, analysts said (all figures US$). The contract […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle top one-week high
Traders digest U.S. cattle placements data; December hogs lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. feeder cattle futures and deferred live cattle futures finished higher on Monday after the government reported placements in feedlots were lower than analysts expected last month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in monthly data issued after the close of trading on Friday, said producers placed 3.8 per cent more cattle […] Read more
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