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U.S. grains: Wheat falls as weather improves

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, flirting with five-year lows after rain in key production areas boosted harvest prospects as the crop nears maturity, traders said. Poor export demand for U.S. supplies and strong yield projections from early results of a crop tour through Kansas also pressured the […] Read more









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U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the session. Bargain buying, coupled with a weaker dollar, offset pressure from stable U.S. crop conditions and recent rains in dry portions of the southern Plains. […] Read more




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U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trucker strike worry

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures snapped two sessions of declines and climbed to the highest in 2-1/2 weeks on concerns that labour strikes in South America could limit supplies to ports during the peak export season in Brazil and Argentina. Truckers in Brazil began to block roads across the country’s main farm belt […] Read more