Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures advanced on U.S. export demand on Wednesday, while bargain-hunting lifted wheat futures after prices set contract lows, traders said.
U.S. grains: Corn futures end higher on solid US export sales
U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy futures drop as U.S. planting pace accelerates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn and soybean futures ended lower on a volatile day of trading Tuesday, as U.S. farmers raced to plant their fields and investors bemoaned a lack of fresh news over the U.S.-China trade war, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle set fresh highs, lean hogs slide
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago live cattle futures settled around contract highs, Tuesday, while lean hogs fell.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures set contract lows on forecasts for beneficial US rain
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures sank to contract lows on Monday on expectations that more rain will hit dry growing areas of the Plains after beneficial showers over the weekend, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle rise as Mexican imports questioned
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle contracts rose on Monday as the U.S. threatened to to block Mexican cattle imports over New World screwworm concerns.
U.S. grains: Soybeans weaken on positioning, China’s tariff talk denials
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybeans fell down after multiple days of advances on Friday as many traders exited the market on positioning and news that China was denying claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the two countries are in tariff talks.
U.S. livestock: Chicago lean hogs resume climb
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog futures resumed an upward trajectory on Friday after Thursday's dip while live cattle fluctuated on either side of unchanged.
U.S. livestock: Hogs slip on news China cancelled some U.S. pork shipments
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most Chicago lean hog futures slid on Thursday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported China had canceled 12,000 metric tons of U.S. pork exports in the week ending April 17.
U.S. grains: Soybeans gain strength as investors hope for more demand outside China
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures rose for a fourth session on Thursday to hold at a two-month high as the potential for demand outside of China appeared to be rising, and comments by U.S. officials on a possible de-escalation in the trade standoff with that country continued to lend some support to the oilseed market.
U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on hopes of easing US-China trade tensions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean prices rose to a two-month high on Wednesday, underpinned by expectations of a de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade conflict, while wheat and corn futures ticked lower.
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