Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures notched a new five-month high on Tuesday after a U.S. Agriculture Department announcement of a large sale to an unknown destination sparked a round of buying by investment funds, traders said. Soybeans trimmed losses early in the session to gain for the fourth consecutive day. Corn futures also […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans at five-month high on sale to ‘unknown’
U.S. grains: Soybeans extend run on S. America worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rose for the third consecutive session on Monday to hit a five-month high as rains stalled the harvest in South America and data from Washington confirmed robust shipments of the oilseed out of the U.S. Corn futures declined the second session in a row as traders took profits after […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy jumps most in two weeks on tightening supplies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn gains second consecutive month, wheat down fourth month in row Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans surged into the close of trading on Friday, finishing just below their session high and climbing for the second straight day on good demand for U.S. supplies in the early days of a bumper harvest in South America, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn rises most in three weeks on big export sales
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped 1.4 per cent for their largest gains in about three weeks on Thursday after government data showed larger-than-expected export sales, analysts said. Soybean and wheat also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, rebounding from recent lows amid strong weekly export sales results for the crops in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rises after Egypt buys from U.S.
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat rallied on Tuesday as top global buyer Egypt purchased a cargo from the United States for the second time this month and bitter cold threatened to damage the crop, traders and analysts said. Corn futures posted their fifth straight session of modest gains while soybeans were narrowly lower amid forecasts for a record […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy rises on U.S. export data, cold boosts corn
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday after government data showed larger-than-expected export shipments of the beans and as rains slowed the early soy harvest in top producer Brazil, traders and analysts said. Corn also was higher at the Chicago Board of Trade as bitter cold gripped much of the United States, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat up most since October on chill fears
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures surged 1.5 per cent on Friday, rebounding from the lowest level in about 20 months and posting their best daily gain since October, amid fears arctic temperatures could damage the dormant crop in the U.S. Wheat futures gained despite missing export business from top global buyer Egypt, which purchased 535,000 tonnes of […] Read more
GRAINS – corn, soy tumble on accelerating harvest of big U.S. crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybeans tumbled as much as 2 percent on Monday and were headed for their largest losses in a month after dry conditions over the weekend allowed farmers to catch up on harvesting big U.S. crops. Wheat eased for a third straight session at the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by declines in […] Read more
U.S. wheat posts steep rally on export optimism
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat surged nearly three per cent on Friday, passing US$7 per bushel for the first time since June, as a smaller-than-expected production forecast from Argentina fed optimism about the demand outlook for U.S. supplies. Corn futures followed wheat higher, touching the highest level in a week and a half, but failed to hold the […] Read more
Donations, prisoners aid cities, ranchers after S.D. blizzard
Reading Time: 2 minutes Donations of money and some cattle have been rolling in for South Dakota ranchers after a blizzard last week killed tens of thousands of cattle in one of the state’s worst agriculture tragedies, state officials said Thursday. Dozens of minimum-security prison inmates were aiding the cleanup effort, gathering debris in three towns in the western […] Read more
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