Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures continued to rally on Tuesday, with feeder contracts setting new all-time highs, as U.S. cash prices remained firm and domestic supplies of replacement animals continued to shrink, market analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit fresh peaks on shrinking supplies, strong cash prices
France’s wheat harvest rises 30 per cent but falls short of past average levels, Argus says
Reading Time: < 1 minute This year’s soft wheat crop in France, the European Union’s biggest producer, is expected to rise to 33.40 million metric tons, up 30 per cent from a rain-hit harvest last year, Argus Media said on Tuesday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle hit fresh highs, hogs inch upward
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures hit fresh highs on Monday while hogs made small gains.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall as rain expected to help U.S. crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn and soybean futures fell on Monday on forecasts for crop-friendly rain in U.S. grain belts this week.
Russia’s new-crop grain hits market as top producers report first harvest data
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first grain from Russia's new crop has arrived on the market, traders and analysts said on Monday, as top producing regions reported early harvesting results, with an expected drop in the Rostov region and a good harvest in Stavropol.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures touched a two-week high on Friday on worries that heat may threaten U.S. crops and expectations that the country's biofuel policy would boost demand for soyoil, analysts said.
Canada’s steel import duties violate WTO rules, says China
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Chinese embassy in Ottawa criticized duties slapped by Canada this week on Chinese imported steel, saying on Friday they violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and disrupted the global trade order.
Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says
Seeking to diversify trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's International Trade Minister said on Thursday that there was interest from both sides to advance trade talks with South American bloc Mercosur, as Ottawa seeks new deals in a push to diversify from the U.S.
U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures hit their highest level in more than a week on Thursday as technical buying helped the market recover from a three-month low reached on Monday, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped on hopes for U.S. export demand on Wednesday, while corn futures rose for a third day to extend a recovery from contract lows, analysts said.
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