Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking after a streak of gains and by weakness on the cash market, traders said. Wheat futures rose slightly, with short-covering supporting prices. Wheat also received support from the Egyptian government’s decision to reverse its zero-tolerance policy on the common grain […] Read more
U.S. grains: Harvest pressure, profit-taking pull down corn, soy
U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a nearly one-month high on strong export demand and as rains delayed harvest in key production areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. The delays also supported corn futures, while wheat rose on technical buying and short-covering. Both […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on technical buying
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybeans rose on Monday for a third straight session, boosted by strength in vegetable oil markets and technical buying. Corn turned higher on chart-based buying and Chicago wheat finished mixed, held in check by an ongoing disruption in Egyptian wheat imports. Chicago November soybean futures climbed 6-1/2 cents, or 0.8 per cent, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Rainy Midwest sparks rally in corn, soybeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose 1.9 per cent on Friday as worries about rains delaying the Midwest harvest prompted traders to cover short positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat followed corn higher. Chicago Board of Trade December corn futures settled up seven cents at $3.37 per bushel (all […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy up on rebound after three-day slide
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, snapping a three-day slide on bargain buying and signs of fresh export demand, traders said. But corn and wheat futures fell, pressured by prospects for huge grain supplies as the U.S. autumn harvest got underway. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled up […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy markets lean on yield data
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– A data set from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given traders a better idea of yield potential, which will dictate short-term market movement. Soybeans — The soybean market will likely trend lower in the near-term, said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. “We’re still bearish, given that we think […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures edge higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures firmed slightly on Wednesday, supported by a round of bargain buying, traders said. Wheat received additional support from a weakening dollar and hopes that export demand for U.S. supplies will perk up in the coming weeks amid a production shortfall in Europe. Export demand also provided […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on record U.S. crop view, firmer dollar
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped more than two per cent on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s steep losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its production forecast well above market expectations. Corn futures also fell as USDA projected a record-large U.S. crop that would outstrip demand, and as updated acreage data […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy at multiweek highs on positioning ahead of USDA
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures finished narrowly higher on Friday, capping big weekly gains in a choppy session of light-volume trading ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report next week. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a 2-1/2-week high and soybeans finished at the highest […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from small losses and turned higher […] Read more
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