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CME April 2023 live cattle with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle end higher, rebounding ahead of USDA data

Hogs up after several days' slide

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Friday on bargain buying a day after setting one-month lows, and as traders squared positions ahead of monthly feedlot data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the close of trading. CME February live cattle settled up 0.675 cent at 156.625 cents/lb., […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on improving Argentine crop weather

Chicago wheat up on weekly sales data

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a one-week low on Friday, declining for a third straight session as traders fixated on forecasts for welcome rains in drought-hit Argentina, analysts said. Corn ended mostly lower on the Argentine weather outlook, but better-than-expected weekly U.S. grain export sales limited losses in corn and lifted wheat […] Read more
CME April 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures hit one-month low

USDA data awaited; hogs down on wholesale pork price weakness

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Thursday with the most-active April contract hitting a one-month low on technical selling, soft cash cattle markets and weak wholesale beef prices, traders said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.85 cent at 155.95 cents/lb., near its 50-day moving average, after touching 155.375 […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on forecasts for much-needed Argentine rains

New survey calls for expanded U.S. wheat acres

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Thursday, retreating from seven-month highs set a day earlier as forecasts for beneficial rains in drought-hit Argentina sparked a round of selling, analysts said. Corn futures also declined on the outlook for Argentine weather along with wheat futures. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans settled down […] Read more
CME April 2023 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag as pork prices hover near two-year lows

Live cattle mixed, March feeder cattle up

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Wednesday as cash hog prices remained soft and wholesale pork prices lingered near two-year lows, traders said. “We continue to search for a bottom on the hogs, and the cash market stays under pressure,” said Don Roose, president of Iowa-based U.S. Commodities. “It’s […] Read more
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn retreat off multi-month highs

Putin's comments on exports underpin wheat

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures settled lower on Wednesday as traders booked profits after both markets set multi-month highs and as weather forecasts promised much-needed rains in Argentina’s crop belt, traders said. Wheat followed the weaker trend. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans settled down 15-1/4 cents at $15.24-1/2 per bushel, […] Read more
NYMEX March 2023 West Texas Intermediate crude oil (candlesticks) with 100-day moving average (black line) and ICE March 2023 Brent crude oil (blue open/high/low/close). (Barchart)
General, Machinery, Markets

China driving crude oil price increases

Bulls on crude oil expect a 'very shallow' recession

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MarketsFarm — China has largely been behind the current upticks in global crude oil prices, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Services in Lakewood, NJ. He suggested that China’s economy will begin to pick up steam in 2023 after the government loosened its super-tight COVID-19 restrictions. “You can […] Read more
ICE March 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s steady week takes late turn

Outlook 'neutral to bearish'

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MarketsFarm — While canola prices turned lower Wednesday, the week ending that day was full of rangebound trade activity with little movement. The March canola contract traded within a range of $832-$846.70 per tonne during the week, settling at the low end of the range after falling $5.20 on Wednesday to close at $832.70/tonne. Winnipeg-based […] Read more
Farmer Ignacio Bastanchuri stands in a wheat field at Navarro in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province on Dec. 5, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Agustin Marcarian)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn markets’ eyes on South America

Wheat market remains sensitive to Ukraine news

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MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were boosted by last Thursday’s bullish supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but attention has since shifted back to South American growing conditions. “The primary thing right now is South American weather,” said market analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag at […] Read more
CME March 2023 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag on long liquidation, rising grains

Hogs end mixed as traders' net long position shrinks

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, on spillover weakness from feeder cattle futures and long liquidation as market players responded to a hefty net long position held by commodity funds, analysts said. CME February live cattle settled down 0.725 cent at 157 cents/lb. and April futures fell 0.8 […] Read more

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