Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy jump to multi-month highs on fund buying

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures extended gains to multi-month peaks on Tuesday, lifted largely by technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Corn also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three agriculture future contracts gaining as part of a broad commodities rally. The dollar declined against […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat surges over three per cent

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade surged more than three per cent on Monday, notching their biggest daily gains since October as investors liquidated a portion of the record-large short stake, traders said. Corn and soybean futures each rose to fresh multi-month highs, before trimming gains in largely technically […] Read more


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Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were slightly weaker during the week ended Friday, as the Canadian dollar gained ground relative to its U.S. counterpart. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly $1 to $2.50 per tonne over the course of the […] Read more

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Red pens come out for postmortem report on CWB era

Reading Time: 2 minutes A researcher working for a group calling for the return of single desk marketing misinterpreted data in former Canadian Wheat Board annual reports to conclude the board paid lower rates for shipping grain. Several sources, including a former Canadian Wheat Board director, say University of Saskatchewan Ph.D. candidate Laura Larsen used an inaccurate comparison in […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Soy falls from eight-month top

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday on profit-taking and softening cash markets following a four-session advance that lifted the spot May contract to an eight-month high, traders said. Wheat futures ended lower one day after setting a one-week high. But corn settled modestly higher, supported by stronger-than-expected […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Corn jumps three per cent, most in seven months

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Front-month U.S. corn futures rose three per cent on Wednesday, their biggest single-day advance since September, on short-covering and concerns about planting prospects in the Midwest, analysts said. Concerns about South American weather lent support. Soybean futures also charged higher, buoyed by chart-based buying and data showing strong demand from China, […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month highs in comeback rally

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures jumped on short-covering and technical buying on Tuesday, with soybeans closing at eight-month highs after a see-saw session. Heavy buying by commodity investors helped drive the gains, with funds snapping up an estimated 15,000 soybean contracts and 20,000 corn contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade, traders said. […] Read more