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U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

By Mark Weinraub January 12, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday. USDA also dialed back its harvest estimates for the U.S. soybean and corn crops but 2016-17 marketing year production of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low on Plains forecasts

By Julie Ingwersen January 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday on forecasts for much-needed moisture in the southern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of key crop data due on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, beef quotes drop CME live cattle

By Theopolis Waters January 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were pressured on Wednesday by profit-taking, partly in response to sharply lower wholesale beef values, said traders. February live cattle closed 0.4 cent/lb. lower at 119.125 cents (all figures US$). CME live cattle will return to its normal three-cent trading limit on Thursday after failing […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching South America

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 11, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below some chart resistance levels in the process. The chart pattern is turning flat, however, and further moves will likely depend on outside factors. Speculators have moved to the short side in the canola market, which accounted for some […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn to tilt lower moving forward

By Jade Markus January 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Following a U.S. government supply and demand report due out Thursday, soybeans and corn are expected to be sideways to lower as traders anticipate upcoming supplies, one U.S. analyst says. “Technically we’ve kind of ran up to the higher end of our trading ranges. We probably can back off a little bit,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn weak as traders await USDA report

By Mark Weinraub January 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, recovering from weakness in overnight trading on technical buying amid lingering concerns about weather in key South American growing regions. Corn eased as traders staked out positions ahead of the release of key U.S. Agriculture Department supply and demand reports on Thursday. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on bargain-buying

By Michael Hirtzer January 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures gained about one per cent on Monday, rebounding from earlier losses on support from a round of bargain buying, traders and analysts said. Feeders fell to a 3-1/2-week low before reversing higher, while live cattle tested Friday’s multiweek low and then turned higher […] Read more

A male mallard duck. (Alain Carpentier photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

By Tom Polansek January 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it had detected a type of bird flu in a wild duck in central Montana that appeared to match one of the strains found during an outbreak of the disease in 2014 and 2015 that led to the deaths of millions of chickens. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat rise

By Mark Weinraub January 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Monday, settling up one per cent on some concerns about rain in parts of Argentina curtailing crop production from the world’s third largest exporter of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat futures also closed higher, with prices firming to their highest since Nov. 22. Corn futures ended […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Exports pressure corn, soybeans

By Mark Weinraub January 6, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell on Friday on signs of weakening demand for U.S. exports as the South American harvest nears, traders said. Wheat futures also dropped, pressured by a round of profit-taking after K.C. hard red winter wheat hit a 4-1/2-month high. But concerns about crop […] Read more

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U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low on Plains forecasts

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, beef quotes drop CME live cattle

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching South America

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn to tilt lower moving forward

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn weak as traders await USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle gain on bargain-buying

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat rise

U.S. grains: Exports pressure corn, soybeans

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