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U.S. grains: Wheat dips again on weak sales, improving crop

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago wheat dropped on Thursday for the fourth straight session on lacklustre weekly export sales and the improving condition of the U.S. winter crop. Soybeans slid in a correction from Monday’s highest price since Aug. 17 and corn rose on speculation U.S. farmers may switch some acres to soy. The most-active May wheat […] Read more
Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to near one-week low as crop progresses

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Wednesday to a nearly one-week low, pressured by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that revealed U.S. wheat was progressing faster than expected. Corn rose to its highest in almost a week, following technical indicators. Soybeans gained on bargain-buying. The Chicago Board of Trade’s most-active May wheat contract fell […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy dips as farmers are expected to expand plantings

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures on Tuesday extended a setback from the nearly eight-month highs reached a day earlier, as wet weather fueled projections that farmers will plant more fields with the oilseed than previously expected. Rainy, cool conditions in the U.S. South and Midwest could prompt growers to switch one million to […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from August peak

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slumped on Monday as traders took profits after prices reached their highest point since August on technical buying and last week’s government forecast for lower-than-expected plantings. Corn prices ended mixed as traders digested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) estimate for much larger-than-expected U.S. plantings of the yellow […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 million acres of corn this […] Read more
(Dave Clark photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plunged more than four per cent on Thursday in the market’s steepest drop since mid-August after the U.S. Agriculture Department forecast 2016 planted acreage well above trade expectations. Soybeans firmed on USDA’s lower-than-expected soybean acreage and quarterly stocks estimates, although gains were limited by spillover pressure from corn. […] Read more
Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than two per cent on Wednesday, erasing two sessions of gains, as forecasts for rain in some dry areas of the southern Plains eased concerns about reduced yields. Corn and soybeans also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s planting intentions and […] Read more

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