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Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Producers watching skies for signals

By GFM Network News June 28, 2018

CNS Canada — Farmers and traders are keeping a watchful eye on the weather trying to sort out feed grain supplies. “This time of year, it’s a weather market and weather has been improving in much of Saskatchewan and in some of the more critically dry areas. They got a decent amount of moisture over […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 28, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were narrowly higher in bull-spreading on Thursday as some investors exited positions in nearby contract months ahead of a quarterly government supply report that was released after the close of trading. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in the report said the U.S. hog herd as of June […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by initial prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle and short-covering after recent market losses, traders said. Thinly traded June futures, which will expire on Friday, led advances. Some investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures finished higher on Tuesday after short-covering and bargain buying reversed recent market losses amid trade fears, analysts said. Hog farmers in the U.S. may face another wave of higher tariffs by China, which placed stiff retaliatory duties on U.S. pork imports in early April. CME hogs […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also weighed on the hog market. […] Read more

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Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News June 22, 2018

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. producers of pork, already saddled with duties enacted in an earlier round of the escalating trade dispute with China, are bracing for further pain after Beijing hit the products with additional tariffs due to come into effect next month. China implemented a 25 per cent duty on most U.S. pork […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

By GFM Network News June 21, 2018

CNS Canada — A Japanese ban on Canadian wheat might eventually push more wheat into feed markets, but traders say that’s not happening so far. Japan, Canada’s No. 2 wheat buyer after the U.S., instituted the ban last Friday after genetically modified wheat was discovered growing in Alberta. GM wheat is not approved for commercial […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed moderately higher on Thursday, with support from bargain buying and short-covering that pared some recent market losses amid U.S. trade worries, said analysts. U.S. hog farmers, still reeling from higher retaliatory tariffs on pork imposed by China in early April, are bracing for another round […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell over two per cent on Tuesday, giving back gains notched in the previous session on broad selling across commodities amid fears of trade wars with importers of U.S. products including China and Mexico. A decline in U.S. cash hog prices late on Monday also […] Read more

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Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 19, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday progress was being made in slow-moving talks to update the NAFTA trade accord between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but he held out the prospect of striking bilateral pacts if a three-way deal could not be reached. “We’re trying to equalize it. It’s not […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Pigs

Feed weekly outlook: Producers watching skies for signals

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

U.S. livestock: Early-week cash prices buoy CME live cattle

U.S. livestock: CME hogs bounce back on bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

U.S. pork, fruit producers brace for second wave of Chinese tariffs

Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying pares some CME hogs’ losses

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall on trade war fears, cash prices

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

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