Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to near one-week low as crop progresses

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Wednesday to a nearly one-week low, pressured by a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that revealed U.S. wheat was progressing faster than expected. Corn rose to its highest in almost a week, following technical indicators. Soybeans gained on bargain-buying. The Chicago Board of Trade’s most-active May wheat contract fell […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Soy dips as farmers are expected to expand plantings

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures on Tuesday extended a setback from the nearly eight-month highs reached a day earlier, as wet weather fueled projections that farmers will plant more fields with the oilseed than previously expected. Rainy, cool conditions in the U.S. South and Midwest could prompt growers to switch one million to […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from August peak

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slumped on Monday as traders took profits after prices reached their highest point since August on technical buying and last week’s government forecast for lower-than-expected plantings. Corn prices ended mixed as traders digested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) estimate for much larger-than-expected U.S. plantings of the yellow […] Read more



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U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 million acres of corn this […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plunged more than four per cent on Thursday in the market’s steepest drop since mid-August after the U.S. Agriculture Department forecast 2016 planted acreage well above trade expectations. Soybeans firmed on USDA’s lower-than-expected soybean acreage and quarterly stocks estimates, although gains were limited by spillover pressure from corn. […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans await data

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybeans and corn at the Chicago Board of Trade have been edging higher on investor short-covering ahead of a key report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While trade estimates are bearish for both of those markets, highly-anticipated reports often throw curveballs at investors, one analyst says. Soybeans – “This report is […] Read more


Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than two per cent on Wednesday, erasing two sessions of gains, as forecasts for rain in some dry areas of the southern Plains eased concerns about reduced yields. Corn and soybeans also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s planting intentions and […] Read more