Reuters, Agriculture News & Resources

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound in technical bounce, trade aid details awaited

By Karl Plume May 22, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded on Wednesday in a technical correction from the prior session’s drop as the market awaited details of a Trump administration farm aid package that could encourage farmers to plant more soybeans. Corn ended firm, although spillover support from higher soy and worries over rain-delayed U.S. planting were […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures erode on China trade tensions

By Karl Plume May 22, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures drifted lower on Wednesday and touched a one-week low as the market was pressured by concerns that the U.S.-China trade war is far from resolution. Traders did not expect any significant Chinese buying of U.S. pork in weekly export sales data due to be […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle drop as rains seen denting grilling demand

By Karl Plume May 21, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed mostly lower on Tuesday as both markets were pressured by worries that wet weather around large parts of the country would disrupt demand for pork and beef. Above-normal rains are expected across much of the western and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers

By Humeyra Pamuk, Tom Polansek May 21, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington/Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering direct payments to U.S. farmers of $2 per bushel for soybeans as part of an aid package to offset the trade war with China, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, an offer that could encourage more soy planting despite record supplies. China is the world’s top soybean importer, […] Read more

Ken Christopher looks at cloves of garlic on a conveyer belt on March 29, 2019 at Christopher Ranch at Gilroy, California, about 40 km southeast of San Jose. (Photo: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Crops, Reuters

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

By Lucy Nicholson, Richa Naidu May 21, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Gilroy, California | Reuters — Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the trade war with China and have cheered President Donald Trump’s latest economic attack accordingly. Sales of California-grown garlic are now increasing after decades of losing ground to cheaper Chinese imports. Sales are poised to get even better as […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn futures with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-year high on slow U.S. planting

By Karl Plume May 21, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed for a seventh session to their highest in a year on Tuesday as rainy weather and soggy fields across the U.S. corn belt stalled spring planting. Wheat also advanced on worries about winter crop damage due to heavy rains and flooding in the southern U.S. Plains. Soybeans […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-year peak as rains stall planting

By Karl Plume May 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed for a sixth straight session on Monday and touched their highest level in nearly a year as rainy Midwest weather and waterlogged fields stoked concerns about reduced plantings and lower yields for the crop. Wheat jumped to a three-month high on delayed spring wheat planting in the […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as market assesses trade battles

By Karl Plume May 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed mixed on Monday as traders weighed positive news of easing trade tensions with Mexico and Canada against signs that trade ties with China are worsening. The U.S. struck deals last week to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from […] Read more

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after her arrival at the Stelco steel plant in Hamilton on May 17, 2019, following news that the U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

By Steve Scherer May 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed the global “Section 232” tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and […] Read more

CME August 2019 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2) and 50-day moving average in purple. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rise as Japan drops U.S. beef import curbs

By Julie Ingwersen May 17, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) closed higher on Friday, buoyed by news that Japan will eliminate long-held restrictions on U.S. beef imports, traders said. The agreement reopens full beef trade after Japan in 2003 banned U.S. beef over concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which roiled […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound in technical bounce, trade aid details awaited

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures erode on China trade tensions

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle drop as rains seen denting grilling demand

U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-year high on slow U.S. planting

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-year peak as rains stall planting

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs end mixed as market assesses trade battles

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rise as Japan drops U.S. beef import curbs

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