06/09/2009 08:13AM
Corn
Trends
Short Term: Up
Long Term: Up
Overnight Trade: N +4
Opening Calls: 4-6 Higher
Yesterday, corrective action in the Dollar Index lead to corrective action in the corn. Overnight the Dollar was weaker, therefore the corn was stronger. What it all amounts to for the corn is pre-report
03/09/2009 10:02AM
Market Offers Positive Cattle Feeding Window
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--A window of time allowing cattle feeders to lock in a profit on fed cattle is open, and some see recurring profit opportunities through the summer. For the last week or so, the spread between cash feeder cattle prices and a Chicago
02/09/2009 08:07AM
OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced today that global comparable sales increased 7.1% in January.Systemwide sales for McDonald's worldwide restaurants were up 2.6% for the month, or 9.1% in constant currencies.
"2009 is off to a good start
02/06/2009 10:05AM
Australia Jan Beef Exports Helped By Global Crisis - Marketer
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Demand for Australian beef in the U.S. jumped sharply on year in January, while exports to Japan also rose in the month, with the trade bolstered by a weaker Australian currency, industry marketing concern Meat &
01/20/2009 07:46AM
Grain Comments: The earliest morning futures calls are March corn up 6 to 9 cents. March soybeans down 2 to up 2 cents. March CBOT wheat down 2 to up 2 cents.
US dollar up a large 158, crude oil is down $2.45 at $40, and the Dow is down 94.Economic information...Inaguration of Barak Obama
12/17/2008 09:34AM
SMITHFIELD, Va., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) announced today that the merger of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A. ("Campofrio") and Group Smithfield Holdings S.L. ("Groupe Smithfield") has been finalized. The new company will be known as Campofrio Food Group and will
12/16/2008 01:16PM
LONDON (Dow Jones)--ETF Securities has had over $400 million added to net long positions across its agricultural exchange-traded commodity products since the beginning of the year, said William Rhind, head of U.K. and Ireland sales Tuesday.
Corn has been the best performer in recent weeks, as expectations
12/09/2008 09:59AM
Cattle Prices Drop On Weak Beef, Product Values
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--Fed cattle prices last week fell $3 or more per hundredweight in the Plains states as economic fears gripped the beef and by-product markets and exports of key items shrunk. Central to the lower cash cattle prices was the loss