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CBOT December 2018 corn, with 50-day moving average in orange. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn firms as rainy Midwest outlook threatens harvest

By Karl Plume October 4, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Thursday on concerns that several days of rainy weather expected across the U.S. Midwest could disrupt harvesting of what is forecast to be a bumper U.S. crop. Soybeans also drew support from the wet forecast, but shed gains late in the session in a technical selling […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle contracts end mixed

By Reuters October 4, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly lower on Thursday, with deferred contracts setting back on a round of profit-taking. The front-month October hogs contract ended slightly higher, but closed below session peaks, in thin trading. Live cattle contracts followed a similar pattern to the hogs, with the front-month contract […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Yield expectations limit upside for corn, soy

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 3, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may be finding some short-term support from harvest delays across the U.S. Midwest, but expectations for large crops overall should limit the upside for prices going forward, according to an analyst. “The highs could be in right now,” said Rich Feltes of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

By Karl Plume October 2, 2018

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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

By Julie Ingwersen September 28, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, with the most-active December contract jumping more than four per cent on short-covering at the end of the month and quarter, traders said. CME October hogs settled up 0.875 cent at 62.175 cents/lb. and December rose 2.45 cents at 57.925 (all figures […] Read more

CBOT December 2018 corn with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-month high on strong U.S. export sales

By Tom Polansek September 27, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched their highest prices in more than a month on Thursday on strong export demand and as traders adjusted positions ahead of a crop report expected to show supplies tightened over the past year. Soybean futures also rose, extending a rebound from recent losses into a third consecutive […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on bargain buying, sale to Mexico

By Tom Polansek September 26, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Bargain buying and a major sale of U.S. soy to Mexico on Wednesday helped lift U.S. soybean futures for a second day, traders said, while corn and wheat futures slipped. Soybeans are recovering after the most actively traded contract last week fell to its lowest price in nearly 10 years. The […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports not expected to shake up markets

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm September 26, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Corn, soybean and wheat futures in the U.S. are awaiting the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, but traders aren’t expecting the reports to much of an effect on prices. USDA releases its quarterly grain stocks and small grains summary reports on Friday. “It basically wraps up the 2017-18 crop year […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

By Julie Ingwersen September 24, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Monday, pressured by technical selling and bearish data in a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Friday, traders said. USDA late on Friday reported the number of U.S. cattle on feed as of Sept. 1 at 11.125 million head, up six […] Read more

A corn crop in the RM of St. Andrews in Manitoba’s Interlake region on July 5, 2018. (Greg Berg photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn higher on export demand, short-covering

By Julie Ingwersen September 21, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent on Friday to their highest in more than a week, buoyed by end-user demand and fund short-covering, analysts said. Wheat and soybean futures declined but still recorded weekly advances. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled up 4-3/4 cents at $3.57-1/4 per […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn firms as rainy Midwest outlook threatens harvest

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle contracts end mixed

CBOT weekly outlook: Yield expectations limit upside for corn, soy

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-month high on strong U.S. export sales

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on bargain buying, sale to Mexico

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports not expected to shake up markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

U.S. grains: Corn higher on export demand, short-covering

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