Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina said on Wednesday it had formed a new government agency to manage dredging operations needed to ensure navigation of the Parana River, which carries about 80 per cent of the country’s grains exports from the Pampas farm belt out to sea. For decades, cargo ships have paid tolls directly […] Read more
Argentina forms agency to manage cargo river, grain exporters worry
Added bureaucracy in grain shipping feared
U.S. grains: Corn climbs on weaker crop conditions
Soybeans mixed, wheat eases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed on Wednesday for a second day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut crop ratings on Monday afternoon, though beneficial rainfall across parts of the upper U.S. Midwest limited gains. Soybeans ended higher after the market made its biggest daily gain since late June on Tuesday, with […] Read more
U.S. grains: Weather risk adds premium to corn, soy, wheat
Brazil drought set to cut corn crop, hamper river logistics
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures gained on Friday as hot, dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Midwest threatened yield potential at a time of tight global supply. The most-active corn contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended 20-3/4 cents higher at $6.82-3/4 per bushel, gaining four per […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn up off one-month low
Wheat and soy drift lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures recovered slightly on Wednesday from a steep selloff a day earlier as bargain buying and technical buying lifted prices from one-month lows, although gains were limited by favourable crop weather across the U.S. Midwest. Soybeans were mostly lower, extending prior-session losses on good crop weather, while wheat fell […] Read more
Tensions build over Argentina’s beef export ban
Rural associations pledge pause in livestock trading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups will halt trading of livestock in protest against a 30-day government ban on beef exports aimed at bringing down domestic prices, the country’s main producer groups said in a joint statement Tuesday. The South American country’s centre-left Peronist government unveiled the ’emergency measure’ to tamp down high […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on technical bounce
June live cattle up, August feeders down
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures rallied on Tuesday, rising 1.8 per cent on a technical bounce after three straight days of declines pushed prices to their lowest since April 30, traders said. Concerns about a tightening of supplies during grilling season added support. “We are still watching weekly hog slaughter rates,” said Rich […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn nears eight-year high on tight supplies
Wheat, soybeans at 2013 peak
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed on Monday to their highest since June 2013 as concerns about South American supplies buoyed the market. Strength in corn pulled wheat and soybeans to eight-year highs. Chicago Board of Trade most-active July corn ended limit up at $6.57-1/2 per bushel (all figures US$). July soybeans gained […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soyoil leads soybean complex higher
Wheat follows corn, soy higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Tuesday, led by rising soybean oil as global edible oil supplies tighten. Corn futures also moved higher, as traders weighed Brazil’s late-planted second crop against beneficial rains in Argentina. Wheat followed the markets higher, despite much-needed rainfall across the U.S. Plains production belt. The most-active soybean […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn steps back after export-led rally
Wheat nears three-month low on better U.S. weather; soyoil pulls soybeans higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures dipped on Monday as improving South American crop weather added pressure to prices after export sales on Friday rallied the market. Soybeans were lifted by rallying soyoil futures, while wheat closed barely higher as favourable planting weather in the U.S. Great Plains and the Black Sea region limited […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy slump in broad-based commodities selloff
Weekly corn export sales top estimates, China buys more
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Thursday as a firm U.S. dollar and tumbling energy prices, with crude oil down more than eight per cent, stoked broad selling across commodities markets. The steepest corn and soy declines in more than a week marked a further pullback from recent highs as […] Read more
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