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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

By GFM Network News June 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers in May drove more cattle into U.S. feedlots than anticipated compared with the same period a year ago, said analysts after Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report. The data also showed the June 1 feedlot cattle supply climbed 4.1 per cent from a year earlier — […] 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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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

By GFM Network News June 20, 2018

CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean market is in recovery mode following a wild day where contracts hit nearly a 10-year low. “It was one of the craziest days we’ve seen in recent memory yesterday. And volume was just absolutely through the roof,” said Terry Reilly, a senior commodity analyst with Futures […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on Monday in a bull-spreading rally amid rising cash hog prices and strong demand from pork packers, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, boosted by chart-based buying and positioning ahead of […] Read more

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay at Savannah, Georgia in June 2017. (Georgia Ports Authority photo by Stephen B. Morton)

Livestock, Reuters

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 15, 2018

Reuters — While Justin Trudeau vowed last week not to be pushed around and U.S. President Donald Trump called the Canadian prime minister “weak,” two key officials in their governments with a seemingly harmonious relationship were making fishing plans. On Friday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the farm of Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs move up with cash prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs rose for a second straight day on Wednesday as slaughter-ready, or cash, hog prices escalate in the midst of a seasonal supply squeeze, traders said. Sultry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest caused livestock to eat less feed, which slows their weight gain and delivery to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat surges after USDA cuts Russian output estimate

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged nearly four per cent for the biggest gains in about a month on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed its estimate for production in top exporter Russia. Corn futures jumped over two per cent while soybeans notched more modest gains in the wake of the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to new lows as rains soak Midwest

By GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped to fresh multi-month lows on Monday as widespread rains across the Midwest farm belt bolstered production outlooks for recently planted crops. Wheat futures also eased as rainfall in Western Australia took the edge off global weather worries, although declines were limited as dry weather persisted […] Read more

Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on trade worries, good weather

By GFM Network News June 8, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid for a fifth straight session on Friday and registered the steepest weekly decline in 10 months as favourable U.S. crop weather and concerns over slowing export trade weighed on prices. Corn futures edged up on short-covering after dipping to multi-month lows on good Midwest crop weather. Wheat […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide on weather

By GFM Network News June 7, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent on Thursday, with the new-crop November contract dropping below psychological support at US$10 a bushel, on favourable crop weather and fund-driven long liquidation, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower while wheat rose, supported by poor weather in several global production areas that […] Read more

GFM Network News

Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

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U.S. feedlots draw more cattle than expected in May

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

CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on packer demand, cash prices

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

U.S. livestock: CME hogs move up with cash prices

U.S. grains: Wheat surges after USDA cuts Russian output estimate

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to new lows as rains soak Midwest

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on trade worries, good weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide on weather

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