Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell to a roughly three-week low on Monday while wheat declined to the lowest in one week as grain prices were pressured by position squaring ahead of government crop reports due on Friday. Analysts expect the U.S. Department of Agriculture to show abundant global grain and soy supplies […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat ease ahead of USDA reports
U.S. grains: Soy firms but gains capped by poor export data; wheat weak
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures rose to their highest in more than three weeks on Friday, with traders focused on the South American weather outlook amid signs of weak demand for U.S. exports. Wheat futures fell as traders locked in profits with the market set to notch its third straight week of gains. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall as weather rally fizzles
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Thursday, with traders locking in profits from three straight days of gains after forecasts boosted the prospects for rain in Argentina. Wheat futures also dropped on profit-taking, but ongoing concerns about crop damage in key growing areas of the United States kept losses in check. Corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend rally as cold threatens crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, led by gains in the K.C. hard red winter wheat contracts, on concerns about crop damage in key American growing regions resulting from cold weather and sparse snow cover, traders said. The most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat contract, which hit a six-week high, notched […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as temperatures fall; corn, soy firm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rallied 1.7 percent to their highest in nearly four weeks on Tuesday on concerns about sub-zero temperatures damaging the dormant crop in crucial growing areas of the United States, traders said. The gains in wheat spurred increases in corn futures. Soybeans also closed higher after trading both sides […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans end 2017 down four per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures firmed on Friday as rising crude oil futures helped lift soyoil, but soybeans still recorded a yearly loss of about four per cent, reflecting big 2017 harvests in South America and the U.S. Wheat drifted lower on Friday but posted its first yearly gain since 2012, while corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to four-month low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell more than one per cent and neared a four-month low Thursday on improving crop prospects in Brazil that could curb demand for U.S. soy exports, traders said. Corn and wheat futures also declined in thin trade between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Chicago Board of […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed more than one per cent on Wednesday while corn was higher for the sixth straight session as technical buying and end-of-year positioning buoyed grain prices, traders and analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower on the Chicago Board of Trade after an earlier 1-1/2-week high on profit-taking and […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans up on short-covering, Argentina’s weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about one per cent on Tuesday, notching their second straight session of gains, as investors bought back short positions amid extended forecasts for warm and dry weather in Argentina, traders said. Corn futures were narrowly higher and wheat slightly lower at the Chicago Board of Trade as […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on short-covering
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Friday for the first time in seven sessions in a short-covering bounce, but remained near three-month lows as forecast rain in Argentina eased concern about a potential supply risk. Corn was slightly higher on short-covering ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend, while wheat slipped as […] Read more
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