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U.S. livestock: Cash prices extend CME live cattle losses

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell on Wednesday for a fifth straight session, weighed down by a burdensome supply outlook and cash prices that fell short of expectations, traders said. A few investors adjusted positions in advance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday. […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend slide

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, extending their slide to four straight sessions on declining cash prices and expectations of rising cattle supplies in the next few months. Cash cattle traded lightly in Texas and Kansas, down $1 from last week’s trade, brokers said (all figures US$). “We […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by robust export demand amid drought conditions in No. 3 global shipper Argentina, traders said. Soybeans also rose as rains forecast this week in Argentina were likely to provide only limited relief for soy and corn plants damaged by months […] Read more





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U.S. grains: Wheat, soy drop in technical sell-off

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and soybean futures fell sharply on Friday in a technical sell-off following U.S. government data on Thursday that raised the outlook for end-of-season stockpiles of the crops, traders said. Wheat declined to a 1-1/2-week low and soy dropped 2.5 per cent, while corn futures were down about 0.7 per […] Read more

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report sways soy, corn

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Thursday’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture caused a stir in corn and soybean markets on the Chicago Board of Trade. “The Brazil and Argentine numbers (were) really not too terribly exciting. And the world numbers (were) basically kind of going exactly the opposite […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Corn at seven-month high on smaller stockpiles

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped 1.6 per cent to a seven-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed smaller-than-expected stockpiles in the wake of increased exports and demand for ethanol, traders said. Corn prices on a continuous chart notched their biggest daily gains since December, dragging wheat futures higher. […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tick lower ahead of USDA report

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures were lower on Wednesday as investors squared up their positions ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report due on Thursday, traders said. Prices for each crop have cooled from last week’s multimonth highs amid dry growing conditions for U.S. wheat and Argentine corn […] Read more