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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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

By GFM Network News June 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday on bargain buying after a three-session sell-off pushed the Chicago Board of Trade September contract to a one-week low, traders said. CBOT soybeans and corn ended flat to firmer, consolidating after recent declines and as investors awaited two key U.S. government crop reports later this […] 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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

By GFM Network News June 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sagged on Tuesday, with the K.C. hard red winter wheat market hitting its lowest in nearly five months on fund-driven long liquidation and pressure from the harvest in the southern Plains, traders said. Soybeans were also lower while corn ended modestly higher as traders awaited key U.S. Department […] 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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on trade row

By GFM Network News June 25, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent on Monday on generally favourable Midwest crop weather and worries about trade with China, the world’s biggest soy importer, traders said. Corn and wheat futures also declined. July soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down 20 cents at $8.74-1/2 per […] 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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall for fourth week over trade tensions

By GFM Network News June 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures posted losses for the fourth straight week on worries about the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, although prices rose for the day on Friday as some traders covered short positions. Soybeans ended 1.2 per cent lower on the week, after plunging to their […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

By GFM Network News June 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a second straight day on Thursday on bargain buying following the market’s recent drop and on a weather-reduced wheat crop in Russia, the world’s top exporter. Corn followed wheat higher, underpinned by concerns that heavy rains and flooding in parts of the U.S. Midwest could drag […] 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

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Tag Archives closing markets

U.S. livestock: Hog futures higher on spreading

U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

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

U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

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

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on trade row

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

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall for fourth week over trade tensions

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

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

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