Julie Ingwersen

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures closed modestly higher on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its estimates of corn yield, production and ending stocks more than most analysts expected, traders said. Soybean futures fell after the USDA slashed its U.S. soy export forecast, but pared losses toward the close. Wheat […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell Wednesday as traders adjusted positions the day before a monthly report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which the government is expected to raise its forecast of U.S. soy stocks. Corn and wheat futures also ended lower. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans settled down 4-3/4 […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures touched a one-week high on Tuesday on light short-covering and worries about declining U.S. crop condition ratings, analysts said. Corn futures ended down after a choppy session and soybeans drifted lower as traders awaited direction from the outcome of U.S. congressional elections and monthly U.S. supply/demand reports due […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures declined on Monday, retreating from a two-month high set last week, pressured by a mix of profit taking and favorable South American weather, analysts said. Wheat futures also slipped while corn futures firmed ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports this week in which analysts […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rose nearly 4 percent on Friday and bounced back from multi-month lows a day earlier, buoyed by short-covering and indications that U.S. wheat was becoming more competitive globally, analysts said. Corn futures rose, rebounding from Thursday’s two-week low, and soybeans rallied from a one-month low. Chicago Board of […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell more than 2 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark December contract on the Chicago Board of Trade hitting its lowest in nine months, as sluggish export demand and a strong dollar prompted fund liquidation, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also sank on poor weekly U.S. export […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago |Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell nearly 2 percent on Wednesday and dropped below $5 a bushel for the first time in nearly six weeks as analysts cited technical selling mixed with worries about U.S. export prospects. Soybeans and corn followed the weak trend, as active harvest progress in the Midwest fed the bearish […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn firmed slightly on Tuesday on light technical buying and a lack of farmer hedging as farmers kept busy harvesting crops, analysts said. However, expectations of large U.S. harvests and a lack of fresh supportive news kept a lid on gains. Wheat futures also rose, with the benchmark Chicago Board […] Read more