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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on short-covering

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Friday for the first time in seven sessions in a short-covering bounce, but remained near three-month lows as forecast rain in Argentina eased concern about a potential supply risk. Corn was slightly higher on short-covering ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend, while wheat slipped as […] Read more
(Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a three-month low on Thursday, the sixth straight session of declines, on pressure from easing vegetable oil prices and improving crop weather in South America. Wheat and corn futures both were the highest in more than a week, with prices notching narrow gains on better-than-expected U.S. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on frigid weather

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday to notch a 1-1/2-week high on worries about frigid weather across the Wheat Belt that threatens to damage crops lacking protective snow cover. Corn also rose on spillover support from wheat and as traders covered short positions following recent contract lows. Soybeans fell to three-month […] Read more
Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on technical selling

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday for the ninth time in 10 sessions on technical selling and forecasts for crop-boosting rains in South America. Corn firmed on short-covering after touching contract lows, but prices remain capped by abundant supplies. Wheat futures ended mostly lower, with only hard red winter wheat contracts […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink to three-month lows on Argentine rains

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slumped to three-month lows on Monday as rain in Argentina eased concerns that farmers would scale back planting in the country, the third-largest soybean exporter and top soy product supplier. Corn futures also declined on the rainy Argentine weather and pressure from abundant supplies of the grain. Wheat […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dipped on Friday, hitting fresh contract lows after giving up early gains on technical selling, traders said. Soybean futures also weakened slightly, pressured by forecasts for improving crop weather in South America. The outlook for rain added to the pressure on corn. “Corn tried the upside early on […] Read more
Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop, wheat firms, corn slips

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures sagged to their lowest in more than two months on Thursday, weighed down by forecasts for much-needed rains in Argentina, traders said. Wheat futures closed firm, supported by strong export data, while corn slipped. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade dropped 1.2 per cent. […] Read more
Colombian miller José Fernando Chacón Valencia (right) says that a few years ago CPSR improved in quality and has consistently met his company’s needs.
Crops, Spring Wheat

CPSR wheat popular for pasta and breads in Latin America

Maintaining an ongoing relationship with Latin American customers is important as competitor wheats such as those from the U.S. and Black Sea region are slowly making inroads

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Reading Time: 3 minutes For Latin Americans, Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat is a top choice for the production of pasta and for flour blending in commercial bread baking. José Fernando Chacón Valencia, production and project manager for Harinera del Valle, a major milling and food processing company in Colombia, says that in the past several years his […] Read more
(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as South American crop prospects improve

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell to a three-week low on Tuesday on improving weather in Argentina and rising estimates of Brazil’s soybean crop, while corn and wheat futures hit life-of-contract lows. CBOT January soybeans settled down 6-3/4 cents at $9.75-3/4 a bushel after dipping to $9.75, the contract’s lowest […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat down to contract lows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell to life-of-contract lows on Monday, anchored by plentiful global grain supplies, and soybeans sagged as forecasts called for beneficial rains in Argentina, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade March corn settled down 3-3/4 cents at $3.49 per bushel after hitting a contract low at $3.48-1/4 […] Read more

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