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U.S. grains: Wheat up four per cent on dry Plains conditions

Mar. 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose more than four per cent on Monday as dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Plains, coupled with hot weather this week, prompted investors to cover positions, traders said. Corn followed wheat up and soybeans closed fractionally higher as […]

U.S. grains: Grains retreat as dollar soars

Mar. 13, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on short-covering, dryness

Mar. 12, 2015 at 5:40 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Wheat rises to one-week high on dry U.S. Plains

Mar. 11, 2015 at 5:22 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Soybeans sag after monthly USDA report

Mar. 10, 2015 at 5:01 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Wheat up 1.6 per cent in bounce from contract lows

Mar. 9, 2015 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose 1.6 per cent on Monday, bouncing off the previous session’s contract lows on bargain-hunting and short-covering ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report. Soybeans and corn also climbed in largely technical buying ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply/demand report […]

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U.S. grains: Wheat up on prospects for Egyptian sales, softer dollar

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed nearly three per cent on Thursday, buoyed by a softer dollar and hopes for U.S. sales of the grain to top buyer Egypt, traders said. Soybeans rose, led by strength in soyoil and Malaysian palm oil, while corn ended […]

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on month-end fund selling

Jan. 30, 2015 at 4:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell to multi-month lows Friday on commodity fund liquidation at the month’s end amid ample world stocks and fears of slowing growth, traders said. “We are building in record crops in South America, and we are washing out some spec […]

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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies, rebounds from three-month low

Jan. 29, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Thursday, halting a six-session slide and rebounding from a three-month low after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported larger-than-expected weekly export sales. Corn and soybeans both closed lower. At the CBOT, March wheat settled up 2-1/2 cents at […]

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U.S. grains: Wheat falls on fund selling

Jan. 28, 2015 at 5:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell 2.7 per cent on Wednesday to a three-month low on technical selling, plentiful global supplies and forecasts for rains in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures slid as soyoil prices hit their lowest in nearly six years, and […]

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