Chicago wheat futures surged on Thursday, recovering from a string of retreats on bargain buying and strong export demand, analysts said.
Tag Archives futures
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on strong demand ahead of acreage report
U.S. livestock: Hog futures turn lower ahead of USDA hog-pig report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned lower on Thursday, ahead of a quarterly government report that many traders had predicted would show that U.S. farmers had a slightly larger hog herd, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat holds, corn and soy fall on positioning ahead of USDA report
Chicago Board of Trade wheat held steady on Wednesday after notching a more than two-month low the day before on bargain buying and positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage report.
U.S. livestock: Livestock futures turn higher on technical trading, Midwest floods
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures turned higher on Wednesday as fund investors adjusted their positions and sought short-covering, even as many contracts set new lows for a second trading day, traders said.
CBOT Weekly: Futures predicted to decline after USDA reports
Grain futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are expected to decline after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases its prospective plantings and quarterly grain stocks reports on June 28.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall as investors digest US heat, flood impact
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of flooding and heat on crops in the central U.S.
U.S. livestock: Hogs set contract lows as traders await US herd data
Analysts surveyed by Reuters project that quarterly USDA data will show the herd on June 1 was about 0.8 per cent bigger than a year earlier and that the number of pigs per litter was up 2.3 per cent in the March-May period.
Klassen: Canadian heifer retention tightening feeder supply
Alberta and Saskatchewan heifer placements in the lighter weight categories are down from year-ago levels. Comments from ranchers and order buyers suggest that Western Canadian ranchers are holding back on heifers to expand the herd. This usually results in a narrowing of the steer/heifer spread.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise with flooding in the US upper Midwest
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans rose on Monday as flooding hit the upper Midwest after a weekend of thunderstorms. Corn fell on acreage expectations ahead of a USDA report on Friday and wheat was down with analysts citing U.S. harvest pressure.
U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures rise on strong demand
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby cattle future contracts turned higher on Monday as stronger-than-expected domestic seasonal demand and firm prices in the cash market gave futures a boost, market analysts said.