Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied on Thursday after the U.S. government said retail samples of ground beef tested negative for the bird flu virus.
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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures jump after US ground beef tests negative for bird flu
U.S. livestock: Bird-flu testing of US ground beef sinks CME cattle futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures took a dive on Wednesday on concerns that U.S. government tests of ground beef for the bird flu virus will harm consumer demand.
U.S. grains: Wheat resumes fall after rain, soy up on technical trading
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) benchmark wheat futures fell on Wednesday after ticking up in the early session as much-needed rainfall reaches key wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Plains and southern Russia.
U.S. livestock: Cattle sink as bird-flu beef tests fuel demand fears
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures tumbled on Tuesday as traders worried consumers will buy less meat, a day after the U.S. government said it will verify the safety of ground beef in states that have bird-flu infections in dairy cows.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as soyoil plummets; wheat, corn sag
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday as falling soyoil prices dragged down the soy complex amid weak demand, deliveries against the May futures contract and market uncertainty, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as Russian rain forecast spurs profit taking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago benchmark wheat futures WN24 fell more than two per cent on Monday, snapping a seven-session rally, as the crop outlook in top exporter Russia improved on forecasts for rain, analysts said.
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures turned higher for a seventh trading day on Friday on a weather driven surge that pushed the most-active wheat contract on a continual chart Wv1 to prices not seen since December. Soybean futures inched down, and corn stayed fairly flat, as traders watched for U.S. planting delays as […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn higher, hogs ease on technical trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Thursday on technical trading, bouncing off the previous sessions lows in response to the U.S. government announcing plans to expand testing of dairy cows for avian influenza, market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat climbs with dry weather fears continuing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures hit highs not seen since January for a second day, as anxiety over dry weather conditions persisted for top exporter Russia.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures continued their steady climb on Wednesday, as dry weather raised concerns in key growing regions and Russian attacks in the Black Sea area threatened to disrupt supply chains.