Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures tumbled more than four per cent on Friday in the market’s steepest drop in nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated U.S. stocks and projected spring plantings above nearly all trade estimates. Soybeans and wheat followed corn lower despite USDA’s lower-than-expected soy and spring […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports
Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb on bargain buying
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed more than one per cent on Monday, rising on technically driven bargain buying after prices fell on Friday to a five-month low, traders and analysts said. Hogs halted a four-session streak of declines while live cattle futures edged higher to notch a 1-1/2-week high on the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on technical selling, live cattle up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures declined more than one per cent on Tuesday, giving back a portion of gains notched on Monday in a technical setback, traders said. Hogs on Monday surged from a multimonth low, boosted in part by technically oversold conditions. But the market remained anchored by abundant […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, wheat decline on persistent demand worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soy and wheat futures fell on Monday on positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop supply/demand report and uncertainty about the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, traders said. A higher dollar added pressure, making U.S. grains less competitive on global markets. Corn followed the weak trend but found […] Read more
Walmart’s LatAm delivery app Cornershop eyes Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Cornershop, a Latin American grocery delivery app being acquired by Walmart, plans to expand into Canada early next year as a test market for the U.S., an executive for the three-year-old mobile app said. Walmart is buying Cornershop, which offers deliveries in Mexico and Chile, for US$225 million. The deal, […] Read more
Hog producers continue struggle toward profitability
Reading Time: 4 minutes CNS Canada — Hog prices might have regained some value in recent days, but many producers are still a long way from profitability, according to the chair of Manitoba Pork. That’s why lenders such as Farm Credit Canada, who show they understand the needs of producers who are dependent on commodity markets, are appreciated, said […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed for a second day on Tuesday on expectations for improved demand following a recent price slump and as a rainy weather outlook for the Midwest threatened to stall harvesting. Futures jumped sharply on Monday on news of a newly negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a replacement […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend rally
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose for the third day in a row on Tuesday, with the market still underpinned by the trade deal among the U.S., Canada and Mexico, traders said. But technical buying pulled prices from their highs and the market failed to take out the 5-1/2-month high […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy surge as NAFTA revamp outweighs big supplies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Monday, reversing the prior session’s steep losses, after the U.S., Canada and Mexico announced they had reached a deal on a trilateral pact to replace NAFTA. Corn gained nearly three per cent and soybeans more than one per cent as news of the trade […] Read more
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