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Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME livestock futures turn higher amid rising wholesale prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 9, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned higher on Tuesday, as continued strength in wholesale prices eased concerns about consumer demand - even as investors grew nervous about ongoing inflationary concerns and rising consumer prices, traders said.

(Geralyn Wichers photo)
Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Buyers step back on feeder cattle due to bird flu

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News April 9, 2024
Compared to last week, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4-$8/cwt lower while some packages of heavier replacements dropped as much as $12/cwt, and three main factors led to weaker prices.


Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat ends lower; US crop rating seen as anchor

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 8, 2024
Chicago Board of Trade wheat dipped on Monday after a jump earlier in the day, as traders assessed conditions of the U.S. crops.

Photo: Canada Beef Inc.
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise on wholesale prices, technical trade

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 8, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live futures turned higher on Monday, as a flurry of technical trading and strength in wholesale prices helped contracts rebound off recent months' lows, traders said.


(Geralyn Wichers photo)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble ahead of weekend on bird flu fears

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures plunged on Friday to the lowest point since mid-January as concerns about beef demand amid reports of avian influenza in cattle sparked fund long liquidation ahead of the weekend.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions, weather worries

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2024
U.S. wheat futures spiked to a one-month high on Friday as the market was unsettled by spring weather risks in the northern hemisphere and renewed tensions in the Black Sea.


(Sierrarat/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end firm as bird flu selloff seen overdone

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Thursday in a bargain-buying rebound from the prior session's two-month lows, as some investors deemed the recent drop in prices to be overdone.

Photo: JJ Gouin/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak US export sales, lower soyoil prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 4, 2024
Soybeans dropped on Thursday following lower-than-expected weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), seasonally rising supplies from the South American harvest and falling soyoil prices.


Photo: File
Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Cattle end lower on beef demand concerns, hogs higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 3, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell to a fresh two-month low on Wednesday on technical selling and fund liquidation, as investors gauged whether beef demand would suffer amid recent news of avian influenza in dairy cattle.

(Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Technical buying lifts grains, soy as US Midwest planting season nears

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 3, 2024
U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday on technical buying and short covering that lifted prices from Tuesday's one-month lows as traders assessed Midwestern weather conditions before the spring planting season.


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