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U.S. grains: Prices rise on technicals, positioning before reports

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures strengthened on Monday as technical buying and positioning ahead of U.S. crop reports overshadowed concerns about poor export demand. Soybean oil neared a two-month high. Traders were adjusting positions in the markets before the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issues reports on crop production, supplies and […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank on Friday on a round of end-of-week profit taking after prices hit an 8-1/2 week high on Thursday, traders said. Soybeans also fell, pressured by the expanding harvest of what is expected to be a bumper crop in the U.S., while corn was close to unchanged. Wheat […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago wheat rose more than one per cent on Thursday, extending a rally triggered by Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture data that put the 2015 U.S. crop below market estimates. Corn futures rose slightly on technical buying and spillover support from wheat. Soybeans slumped on pressure from an advancing Midwest harvest and technical […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump as USDA cuts production outlook

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday, after a government report showed that wheat production was less than traders had expected. Meanwhile, corn futures lost ground, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly grain stocks report showed that both corn and soybean supplies were plentiful and U.S. farmers are harvesting what is […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as shorts hunt for cover

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn futures rebounded on Tuesday as traders covered short positions on concerns that the U.S. Agriculture Department would reduce its estimate for last year’s soybean crop. Wheat prices eased back, despite being bolstered earlier in the day by steadying equity and oil prices, and cooling concerns about the […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to close week

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybeans rallied 2.4 per cent to their highest in more than a week on Friday, supported by signs of a pick-up in export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. U.S. wheat futures rose 2.2 per cent to their highest since Aug. 14. Wheat pulled corn higher on […] Read more

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U.S. grains: CBOT wheat slides from one-month high

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent from a one-month top on Thursday on a round of profit taking, with plentiful global supplies allaying concerns about adverse crop weather in Australia and the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn futures edged lower, pressured by the expanding harvest of what is expected […] Read more



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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans feeling harvest pressure

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures finished lower for the week ended Wednesday as the advancing harvest pressured already-low prices. The front-month soybean contract dropped to some of its lowest levels in more than six years. The rising strength of the U.S. dollar has made life difficult for U.S. exporters […] Read more