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A strong dollar and the ongoing trade war between the US and China have caused weakness in the leading grain futures market since 2018. Last week, the dollar index made a new high on the December futures contract. On the trade front, while negotiations between the US and China continue, there ...

The animal protein or meat sector moved 3.51% lower in Q3, but lean hog futures continued to post gains over the past nine months. The sector finished 2018 with a 3.73% loss and has moved 7.32% lower over the first nine months of 2019. Meats ended 2017 with an 8.39% gain after falling 8.80% in...

Traders in the lean hog markets have waged a battle whether China will begin importing massive amounts of pork in the near future or not. China is in great need of replacement pork as much of its herd was wiped out this year due to the swine flu. China has a healthy appetite for pork, and it s...

The end of the 2019 grilling season is upon us; we are now in the second half of August. Each year, the peak season for animal protein demand in the United States runs from the Memorial Day weekend through the Labor Day weekend holiday. As the final weeks of summer pass, and the football seaso...

On Monday, August 12, the US Department of Agricultural released its August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The August report comes at a time when the growing season across the fertile plains of the US and the northern hemisphere is entering its final weeks. The fall har...

A devastating fire at Tyson Foods' (NYSE: TSN ) beef processing plant in Holcomb, Kan., finally is under control after causing significant damage to the facility. More news on: Tyson Foods, Inc., iPath DJ-UBS Livestock Total Return Sub-Index ETN, UBS ETRACS CMCI Livestock Total Return ET...

On Monday, August 12, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Since the release of the July 11 report, the prices of all three of the leading grain futures market have declined. Nearby cattle and hog prices ha...

The Department of Agriculture plans to deploy $16B in government funds to pay U.S. farmers hurt by the trade war with China and wet weather that kept many from planting a crop this spring. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, Teucrium Wheat Fund, Commodities news,...

The months fly by, and now that the end of the second quarter of 2019 is in the books, it is time for the US Department of Agriculture to issue its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report once again. This month’s report will come out on Thursday, July 11, at noon E...

On Tuesday, June 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture released its June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The USDA issues the report each month of the year, but the June report comes at a critical time as the planting season is moving into the growing season t...