Articles Written by Stephanie Kelly

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By Stephanie Kelly July 10, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly April 8, 2019

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat edges lower on profit-taking

By Stephanie Kelly March 26, 2019

New York | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures inched lower on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-month high on U.S. export optimism and adverse weather in the United States that threatened to delay sowing. Soybean and corn futures fell on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat dropped 1/4 cent […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, planting worries

By Stephanie Kelly March 25, 2019

New York | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures gained on Monday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying, as well as concerns about North American production as weather in the Midwest threatened to delay planting. Corn prices also rose, extending gains into a fourth session, while soybean futures firmed. The May wheat futures contract on the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest weekly decline in half a year

By Stephanie Kelly March 1, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices fell on Friday and posted their steepest weekly decline since late August as technical selling and competitive global supplies pressured prices. Soybean and corn prices rose, rebounding from earlier losses, but gains were capped on concerns surrounding strong export competition. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as trade concerns weigh

By Stephanie Kelly February 28, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Thursday despite stronger-than-expected export sales as investors worried that an eagerly awaited trade deal between Washington and Beijing remained elusive. Wheat and corn also fell as heavy deliveries against the March contracts weighed on the market. There were 820 deliveries against CBOT March soybeans, 400 deliveries […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

By Stephanie Kelly February 27, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Wednesday after a U.S. trade official said purchase promises were not enough to solve U.S.-China trade issues and that it was too early to predict an outcome to talks between the two countries. Any deal between Washington and Beijing must include a way to ensure commitments […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

By Stephanie Kelly February 26, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid for a second consecutive session on Tuesday to the lowest in 10 months as cheaper exports from producers including Russia weighed on demand for U.S. supplies. Soybeans also fell, giving up the last session’s gains, as a rapidly advancing harvest in top exporter Brazil boosted global supplies. […] Read more

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Author Archives Stephanie Kelly

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

U.S. grains: Wheat edges lower on profit-taking

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, planting worries

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest weekly decline in half a year

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as trade concerns weigh

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

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