Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soy fell on Wednesday after hitting a one-month low as traders awaited a U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report and Brazil's Conab crop forecast.
U.S. grains: Soy drops, corn ticks up ahead of Brazil and US crop reports
Attention in CBOT soybeans/corn turning to spring weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes North American weather conditions should become a major influence on the activity in the grain and oilseed markets in the upcoming weeks as farmers turn their attention to spring seeding.
U.S. grains: Grain, soy futures keep dipping on weather, govt reports
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat, soy and corn futures fell for a second straight day on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained competition abroad and improving U.S. planting weather on the horizon, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures turn higher amid rising wholesale prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday, as continued strength in wholesale prices eased concerns about consumer demand - even as investors grew nervous about ongoing inflationary concerns and rising consumer prices, traders said.
Klassen: Buyers step back on feeder cattle due to bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Compared to last week, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4-$8/cwt lower while some packages of heavier replacements dropped as much as $12/cwt, and three main factors led to weaker prices.
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat ends lower; US crop rating seen as anchor
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat dipped on Monday after a jump earlier in the day, as traders assessed conditions of the U.S. crops.
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise on wholesale prices, technical trade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live futures turned higher on Monday, as a flurry of technical trading and strength in wholesale prices helped contracts rebound off recent months' lows, traders said.
U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble ahead of weekend on bird flu fears
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures plunged on Friday to the lowest point since mid-January as concerns about beef demand amid reports of avian influenza in cattle sparked fund long liquidation ahead of the weekend.
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions, weather worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures spiked to a one-month high on Friday as the market was unsettled by spring weather risks in the northern hemisphere and renewed tensions in the Black Sea.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle end firm as bird flu selloff seen overdone
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Thursday in a bargain-buying rebound from the prior session's two-month lows, as some investors deemed the recent drop in prices to be overdone.
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