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U.S. grains: Wheat sets two-week high

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures touched a two-week high above US$5 a bushel on Friday on reduced expectations for France’s harvest while corn prices rose on concerns over unfavourably hot U.S. crop weather. Soybean futures touched a one-week low after a bout of selling late in the trading session erased earlier gains. An […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday ahead of a key U.S. government report due on Friday expected to raise estimates of U.S. 2018 corn and soybean plantings. Wheat also eased, pressured by an accelerating U.S. winter crop harvest and reports of higher-than-expected yields in some areas. Favourable crop […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Bargain buying lifts CBOT wheat

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday on bargain buying after a three-session sell-off pushed the Chicago Board of Trade September contract to a one-week low, traders said. CBOT soybeans and corn ended flat to firmer, consolidating after recent declines and as investors awaited two key U.S. government crop reports later this […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sagged on Tuesday, with the K.C. hard red winter wheat market hitting its lowest in nearly five months on fund-driven long liquidation and pressure from the harvest in the southern Plains, traders said. Soybeans were also lower while corn ended modestly higher as traders awaited key U.S. Department […] Read more




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U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a second straight day on Thursday on bargain buying following the market’s recent drop and on a weather-reduced wheat crop in Russia, the world’s top exporter. Corn followed wheat higher, underpinned by concerns that heavy rains and flooding in parts of the U.S. Midwest could drag […] Read more



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CBOT weekly outlook: Tariff spats put markets in precarious spot

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The Chicago Board of Trade soybean market is in recovery mode following a wild day where contracts hit nearly a 10-year low. “It was one of the craziest days we’ve seen in recent memory yesterday. And volume was just absolutely through the roof,” said Terry Reilly, a senior commodity analyst with Futures […] Read more