Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures set a three-week high and feeder cattle hit their highest level in five weeks on Friday as cash prices rose and demand improved from meatpackers, brokers said. The markets advanced for the fourth consecutive session as prices recovered from a steep slide that began in October after […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on improving cash prices, packer demand
U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures posted their first weekly loss in eight weeks at Friday’s close. Corn and wheat futures were also lower.
World food prices fall for third month in November, UN’s FAO says
Reading Time: 2 minutes World food commodity prices fell for a third consecutive month in November, with all major staple foods except cereals showing a decline, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end higher on cold weather, rising cash prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures closed higher on Thursday for the third straight session, as cold and snowy conditions in the U.S. Plains and Midwest this week helped to lift cash cattle prices, brokers said. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled up 2.100 cents at 224.000 cents per pound after […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn futures rose modestly on Thursday on chart-based buying, firm cash markets and reminders of brisk export demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures followed the firm trend, shrugging off pressure from larger-than-expected estimates of Canada’s wheat and canola harvests. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures fell on Wednesday and wheat futures also dipped as fears eased about a military escalation in the Black Sea grain export region, analysts said. Soybeans declined on uncertainty about Chinese demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures CH26 were down 6-1/2 […] Read more
More U.S. soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
EU vets in Barcelona for swine fever outbreak as cases rise to nine
Reading Time: 2 minutes A task force of EU vets specializing in epidemics began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain said the number of wild boars found infected with the virus rose to nine.
Trump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide causes cancer.
U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday from a one-week top on a lack of fresh soy sales to top buyer China and lingering doubts over whether the Asian nation will buy 12 million tonnes of the oilseed by the end of 2025
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