Insights and Stories of Julie Ingwersen

U.S. wheat higher for fourth session after USDA data

Jul. 11, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures rose for a fourth day on Thursday, as investors covered short positions after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its forecasts of U.S. and global wheat stockpiles below trade expectations. Corn and soybean futures followed wheat higher, with benchmark November soybeans also posting a fourth straight gain. […]

Chicago soybeans near three-week high on weather concerns

Jul. 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm CDT

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U.S. corn, soybeans climb on Midwest weather jitters

Jul. 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm CDT

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Corn, soy higher on worries about late-July U.S. weather

Jul. 8, 2013 at 4:49 pm CDT

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U.S. corn, soybeans fall on improving crop weather

Jun. 21, 2013 at 5:02 pm CDT

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U.S. grains down on macroeconomic worries, weather outlooks

Jun. 20, 2013 at 3:49 pm CDT

U.S. grain prices fell on Thursday amid a broad-based commodity selloff and a firming dollar, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it was ready to slow down the pace of bond purchases. The Fed news sent shock waves across all the financial markets. Wall Street stocks fell more […]

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U.S. wheat jumps on short-covering

Jun. 19, 2013 at 5:13 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly three per cent on Wednesday, their biggest daily rise since April, on buying and expectations of domestic demand for wheat as livestock feed, traders said. Corn and soybeans also advanced, led by new-crop contracts as forecasts for hotter, drier weather later this month in the […]

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U.S. corn ends higher, led by new-crop contracts

Jun. 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday, led by deferred contracts on technical buying and forecasts for potentially stressful hot weather in late June, traders said. “The thought of any high-pressure ridge — the market is very sensitive to that right now, after what happened last year,” said Sterling Smith, futures […]

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CME Group to launch three options contracts on KCBT wheat

Jun. 4, 2013 at 5:28 pm CDT

CME Group will launch three wheat options contracts on its Kansas City Board of Trade hard red winter wheat futures beginning July 1, the exchange said on Tuesday. CME plans to offer two options on popular wheat spreads — KCBT hard red winter wheat versus Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

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U.S. soy crumbles as China cancels purchases

May. 29, 2013 at 6:17 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures fell on Wednesday following news that China, the world’s largest buyer of soybeans, had cancelled an order for U.S. soy. Corn was mixed, with old-crop falling on profit-taking. But new-crop December rose for the fifth day in a row, hitting a one-month high […]

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