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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy up on exports, biodiesel hopes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed nearly one per cent on Thursday, lifted by strong export demand, gains in soyoil prices and smaller pod count findings on an annual U.S. crop tour, traders said. Corn and wheat futures rallied late in the trading session on short-covering after prices for each […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn drops to nearly one-year low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain prices fell about one per cent on Monday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade December corn sinking to a nearly one-year low, on technical selling and easing concerns that dry weather would reduce harvests. Several CBOT wheat futures contracts dropped to lifetime lows, while soybeans notched small declines. Soyoil […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As canola heads towards harvest some bearish headwinds have popped up that are keeping the front-month contract below the $500 mark. “There’s been a big reversal since the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) report,” said Keith Ferley of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg. USDA late last week projected the U.S. soybean crop at […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank to contract lows on Wednesday as ample global supplies provided overseas buyers with cheaper alternatives to U.S. offerings in export deals, traders said. Corn futures also were lower, pressured by the drop in wheat as well as good weather for crop development across the […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Corn and soybean traders continue to assess the fallout from last week’s world supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The monthly report stunned analysts with predictions for U.S. corn yields at 169.5 bushels per acre, and soybean yields of 49.4 bu./ac. “That just destroyed the market,” said Scott […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on softer cash price outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday on expectations for lower prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle this week amid ample supplies, traders said. The decline triggered pre-determined sell orders, and funds sold the October contract after it slipped beneath its 200-day moving average of 107.183 cents (all figures […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat […] Read more
USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes
Crops, Reuters

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn and soybean yield and production […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Weather

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada – Argentina’s hope for a near-record wheat crop have been dampened by excessive rain and below-average seedings. With planting nearly complete, the United States Department of Agriculture office in Buenos Aires has estimated the Argentine wheat crop at 12.8 million acres. That falls about one million acres below the official USDA forecast of […] Read more

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