Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago grain and soybean futures climbed on Wednesday after the dollar’s weakening to a four-year low made U.S. crops more attractive for overseas buyers. Grain markets were also monitoring the impact of a winter storm on U.S. wheat fields and agricultural supply chains, while assessing comments by U.S. President Donald Trump […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism
U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as dollar hits four-year low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures crept higher on Tuesday and wheat finished nearly unchanged as a sliding dollar underpinned prices. Corn futures ended slightly lower. The drop in the dollar index, which sank near a four-year low, helped to steady grain prices after a pullback on Monday, making U.S. crops look cheaper overseas, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat falls after hitting six-week high on U.S., Russia crop worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures pulled back after climbing to a six-week high on Monday as worries eased about cold weather threatening U.S. and Russian crops. Corn and soybean futures also retreated from multi-week highs. Traders focused on the weather as temperatures remained frigid after a severe winter storm blasted […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT futures extend gains as cold weather hits U.S.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago grain and oilseed futures rose on Friday as severe cold in U.S. and other areas of the world raised fears about damage to crops and disruptions to processing plants.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures close mixed, wheat and corn higher on Thursday, Jan. 22.
U.S. grains: Soybeans regain ground on slowed South American harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures bounced on Wednesday on a slow start to the South American harvest. Meanwhile, talks between U.S. and Chinese officials boosted export sentiment and shifted attention from a diplomatic dispute over Greenland, analysts said. Wheat and corn also rebounded from drops a day earlier, with mixed weather conditions in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans dip in choppy trading as Greenland dispute and global supply weigh
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybeans slipped in choppy trading on Tuesday as tensions between Washington and Europe over Greenland unsettled investors and ample global supply hung over grain markets. A drop in the dollar and signs of brisk international demand, however, lent some support to Chicago prices as trading resumed after a […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on bargain-hunting, paring big weekly losses
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Friday, paring some of this week’s steep declines, as exporters and domestic users stepped in to buy cash-market grain at discounted prices, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans recover from 3-month low on technical bounce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybean futures steadied on a technical bounce on Wednesday after sliding to their lowest since October this week, with traders weighing larger-than-anticipated U.S. supply forecasts, Chinese demand and crop prospects in South America. Wheat futures were little changed as the market also paused following losses triggered by U.S. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit lowest prices since October on big supplies
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures slid to a three-month low on Tuesday, extending declines from the prior day triggered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s outlook for massive supplies following a record-large U.S. harvest. Soybeans touched a two-and-a-half-month low after the USDA on Monday trimmed its U.S. export view and raised its harvest […] Read more
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