Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn and soybean futures rose on Friday from multi-month lows, supported by short covering and a weakening dollar, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans recover from multi-month lows
U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs down on USDA report, cattle slightly up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog contracts dipped as a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed inventories slightly up. Cattle futures were unchanged to slightly up.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy linger at multi-month lows as weather weighs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures hovered around multi-month lows on Thursday, with corn again notching life-of-contract lows, as favourable U.S. weather and expectations of record Brazilian crops maintained supply pressure.
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed as consumer and retail demand declines
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended mixed on Wednesday as market players weighed waning demand from consumers and retailers while hog futures turned higher, following a seasonal pattern, traders said.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn drops to more contract lows as heavy supply weighs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade front and back-month corn futures notched lifetime lows on Wednesday on expectations of a hefty Brazilian corn crop and a lack of weather threats for the large U.S. corn crop that has recently been seeded, traders said.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat falls on harvest pressure; corn hits contract lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures sank on Tuesday on pressure from the ongoing harvest in the U.S. Plains and Black Sea as well as a lack of weather threats, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on technical selling, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures edged lower on Tuesday on technical selling after setting contract highs in the previous session as traders weighed whether a seasonal peak in cash hog prices has petered out, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip; feeders, hogs make small gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago live cattle futures slipped on Monday while feeder and lean hog contracts eked out gains.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on ‘greenhouse’ weather in US
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures eased on Monday as favorable U.S. crop weather took the focus away from U.S. strikes on Iran conducted over the weekend.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip on profit-taking, favourable Midwest weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as favourable weather in much of the Midwest boosted crop production potential and as traders squared positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said.
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