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U.S. corn, soy acreage to expand in 2018-19, USDA says

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 28, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers are likely to expand plantings of both corn and soybeans while reducing wheat seedings for the upcoming marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday. The USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist forecast that farmers will seed 91 million acres of corn in the 2018-19 crop year, up […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits contract lows

By GFM Network News November 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 1.4 per cent to fresh contract lows on Monday, pressured by poor demand for U.S. supplies from overseas buyers, traders said. The drop in wheat weighed on corn futures while soybean futures edged higher, underpinned by concerns about crop development in South America. The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on export data

By GFM Network News November 24, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday, pressured by disappointing weekly export sales data and ample global supplies, analysts said. Corn and soybeans futures followed wheat lower, bucking support from strength in crude oil and a weaker dollar, which tends to make U.S. grains more competitive […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME lean hog futures

By GFM Network News November 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled higher on Wednesday, with support from fund buying and short-covering before the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, traders said. CME livestock markets will be closed for Thursday’s holiday, but resume on Friday at 8:30 a.m. CT and close early at 12:15 p.m. CT. December hogs ended […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

By GFM Network News November 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday rallied from Monday’s losses, ignited by short-covering as investors digested initial cash prices and firmer wholesale beef values, said traders. Technical buying contributed to market advances along with unwinding of Monday’s short live cattle futures long hog spreads, they said. December live cattle […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up as crop ratings, Russia news spur short-covering

By GFM Network News November 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rose on Tuesday as a decline in U.S. crop ratings and news of radioactive pollution in the Ural mountains triggered a round of short-covering and concern about wheat exports from Russia, the world’s top supplier. Corn and soybean futures closed little changed after a choppy session. Chicago Board […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

By GFM Network News November 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday reversed some of Wednesday’s gains, led by weaker cash and wholesale beef values, traders said. Some market participants tweaked positions before Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle on Feed report. “We saw a small rally yesterday, and a steady opening today, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to contract lows

By GFM Network News November 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to new contract lows for the third straight day on Thursday as lower-than-expected weekly export sales and abundant supplies weighed on the market. Soybeans also declined on disappointing weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales data and as improving crop weather in Brazil raised prospects that the […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on seasonal strength, bullish soyoil data

By GFM Network News November 15, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday on seasonal strength as the Midwest harvest wound down and a jump in soyoil tied to an unexpected monthly drawdown in domestic supplies, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell nearly two per cent, nearing contract lows, in a technical sell-off. Corn futures […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year low as harvest nears end

By GFM Network News November 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped 1.4 per cent to a one-year low on Tuesday, pressured by ample supplies from the nearly completed harvest of the second-largest domestic corn crop on record, traders said. Soybeans declined, following corn lower, as improving crop weather in South America added to bearish sentiment. But wheat futures […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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U.S. corn, soy acreage to expand in 2018-19, USDA says

U.S. grains: Wheat hits contract lows

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on export data

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME lean hog futures

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

U.S. grains: Wheat up as crop ratings, Russia news spur short-covering

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip on softer cash, beef prices

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to contract lows

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on seasonal strength, bullish soyoil data

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year low as harvest nears end

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