Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago front-months' corn contracts hit new lows on Wednesday after the U.S. government closed two key rail crossings into Mexico, the top importer of U.S. corn, in response to rising migrant crossings.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn futures hit new lows
Exports being lost because of US-Mexico rail crossing closures, industry says
CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. wheat remains rangebound
U.S. wheat prices essentially bottomed out during late November; recovered somewhat in December
Reading Time: 2 minutes United States wheat prices have been in something of a quandary lately, with any hope of higher prices curtailed by the need to remain competitive with cheaper Russian wheat, according to Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans turn lower on rain forecast in Brazil
Wheat futures rose on a technical bounce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures turned lower on Tuesday, as weather forecasts called for Brazil's dry crop belts getting some much-needed rainfall in the coming days.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as Argentina seeks to raise meal, oil export taxes
Good export demand also underpinned soybeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures clawed back early losses and ended higher on Monday on good U.S. export demand and after Argentina's new government said it would raise export taxes on soymeal and soyoil in the world's supplier of the soy products.
U.S. grains: Soy posts first weekly gain in 1-1/2 months
Traders waited to see whether beneficial rains will arrive in dry areas of Brazil
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures finished higher in the nearby contract and lower in deferred months on Friday as traders waited to see whether beneficial rains will arrive in dry areas of Brazil as expected.
U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid US export demand
China may buy a couple more cargoes of U.S. soy for next-year delivery: analysts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures settled higher on Thursday on steady U.S. export demand and weakness in the dollar, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on improving weather forecast for Brazil
Corn and wheat futures also traded lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures sank for a second consecutive session on Wednesday as the prospect of rain in Brazil eased worries about drought damaging harvest prospects in the world's top exporter.
U.S. grains: Soy futures end down as traders eye Brazil weather
Wheat and corn futures advance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures backpedaled on Tuesday after reaching their highest price in December as traders assessed risks from unfavorable crop weather in Brazil.
U.S. grains: Soybeans finish higher on Brazil weather concerns, global demand
Wheat futures plummeted; corn pressured by spillover weakness
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as concerns re-emerged that drought conditions in Brazil are having a detrimental effect on crops in the top-producing nation and after the U.S. government announced another export sale.
U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data
U.S. government reported sales of 1,120,000 tons of soft red wheat to China this week
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday after the Department of Agriculture's updated estimate of Brazil's soybean harvest fell toward the high end of trade expectations, easing concerns about global supplies of the oilseed.
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