Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit their highest in more than two months on Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and uncertainty about the size of the U.S. crop, analysts said. Soybeans drew support from optimism about U.S. trade talks with China, the world’s largest soy buyer, given news that […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures rise as dollar sags; crop yields eyed
U.S. grains: Corn sags as bumper US crop harvest advances, soybeans retreat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell on Monday, retreating from a two-month high set on Friday, as market players focused on projections for a record-large U.S. harvest, analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower as worries resurfaced about export demand from top global buyer China. U.S. and Chinese officials met in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn jump after USDA’s monthly crop report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean and corn futures rose on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture delivered a bearish, but unsurprising, monthly crop report. U.S. farmers will harvest the most acres of corn since 1933 and produce more of the grain than previously expected, even though crop yields will miss earlier forecasts, the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans tick higher ahead of USDA report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybeans futures rose on Thursday as traders squared positions before a government crop report on Friday that will include closely watched U.S. corn and soybean harvest forecasts, analysts said. Wheat ticked higher on short covering, though swelling global supply hung over the market. The most active soybean contract […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy and corn ease as traders await US crop report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans and corn dipped on Wednesday as traders squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand report due on Friday, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat dropped on falling global demand. The USDA is expected to trim U.S. soybean and corn yield forecasts on Friday, though production […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat ease, traders eye USDA crop report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn, soybean, and wheat futures eased on Tuesday as traders squared positions before a U.S. government supply and demand report this week. Wheat ticked down with falling Russian export prices, analysts said. Market participants are awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand estimates on Friday. In a […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures ticked up on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with shrinking trade expectations on what are still expected to be large crops, according to analysts. A weaker dollar also underpinned grains and soybeans. Chicago Board of Trade most-active December corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a 6-1/2 week high on Friday on short covering ahead of the weekend and a U.S. government crop production update next week, and as U.S. export demand remained strong. However, the grain failed to hold onto the advances and settled with small losses in the most […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower on profit-taking, technicals and flat cash prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell for a third consecutive day on Thursday in profit-taking and technical selling setback following recent highs and amid some weaker-than-expected cash market sales this week.
U.S. grains: Soybeans end firm as late-session technical buying offsets demand pressure
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures rebounded on late-session technical buying to end firm on Thursday after concerns about a lack of sales to top importer China had dragged the market to 3-1/2 week lows.
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