Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures surged on Thursday, recovering from a string of retreats on bargain buying and strong export demand, analysts said.
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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on strong demand ahead of acreage report
U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned lower on Thursday, ahead of a quarterly government report that many traders had predicted would show that U.S. farmers had a slightly larger hog herd, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat holds, corn and soy fall on positioning ahead of USDA report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat held steady on Wednesday after notching a more than two-month low the day before on bargain buying and positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage report.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned higher on Wednesday as fund investors adjusted their positions and sought short-covering, even as many contracts set new lows for a second trading day, traders said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall as investors digest US heat, flood impact
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of flooding and heat on crops in the central U.S.
U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract lows as traders await US herd data
Reading Time: < 1 minute Analysts surveyed by Reuters project that quarterly USDA data will show the herd on June 1 was about 0.8 per cent bigger than a year earlier and that the number of pigs per litter was up 2.3 per cent in the March-May period.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise with flooding in the US upper Midwest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans rose on Monday as flooding hit the upper Midwest after a weekend of thunderstorms. Corn fell on acreage expectations ahead of a USDA report on Friday and wheat was down with analysts citing U.S. harvest pressure.
U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures rise on strong demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby cattle future contracts turned higher on Monday as stronger-than-expected domestic seasonal demand and firm prices in the cash market gave futures a boost, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on US wet weather risk, down for week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures strengthened on Friday as some weather models showed heavy rain putting certain U.S. production areas at risk of flooding, though they closed down for the week.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle lower, live cattle mixed ahead of surprising USDA report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures turned lower and live cattle were mixed on Friday, as traders squared positions ahead of a closely-watched monthly feedlot report and anticipated smaller cattle placements, traders said.