Insights and Stories of Julie Ingwersen

U.S. corn soars on firm cash market, technicals

May. 14, 2013 at 4:44 am CDT

U.S. corn futures advanced Monday on firm cash markets and concerns that another round of showers would stall planting late this week in the U.S. Midwest, where producers are scrambling to catch up after a cool, wet spring delayed field work. “We’ll definitely see pretty healthy plantings the first half […]

U.S. corn’s weekly loss biggest in 21 months

Apr. 8, 2013 at 9:00 am CDT

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U.S. wheat jumps as dry weather prompts short-covering

Apr. 4, 2013 at 8:31 am CDT

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U.S. wheat, soy rally on bargain buying

Apr. 3, 2013 at 9:17 am CDT

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U.S. corn drops for 10th straight day; wheat, soy fall

Feb. 14, 2013 at 6:02 pm CST

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U.S. wheat rallies on export data but corn retreats

Jan. 25, 2013 at 5:37 pm CST

Wheat futures rose one per cent on Friday, halting a three-day slide as better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales triggered a round of short-covering, but the market still posted a weekly loss. Corn fell as updated weather forecasting models showed better rains for crop areas of Argentina, but soybeans ended higher […]

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U.S. soy pares losses late on Chinese buying

Jan. 24, 2013 at 6:31 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Thursday as some weather models predicted rains in Argentina’s crop belt, but the market pared losses late in the session on rumours that China was booking fresh soy purchases. Corn rallied to close higher as cash markets firmed and consumption from […]

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U.S. soybeans fall on technical selling, Argentine weather

Jan. 23, 2013 at 6:57 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell one per cent on Wednesday on technical selling and forecasts for welcome moisture in crop areas of Argentina, traders said. The downturn in soybeans erased early gains and dragged down corn and wheat as well. At the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), March soybeans settled down […]

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U.S. soybeans reach one-month high as Chinese buy

Jan. 22, 2013 at 7:39 pm CST

Soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Tuesday, and touched a one-month high, as traders cited news China bought optional-origin soybeans, talk that it may be looking for more, and concern about Brazil’s ability to move its expected record-large soybean crop to port. Corn futures posted modest gains, but wheat […]

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U.S. wheat to slips to six-month low on slow exports

Dec. 27, 2012 at 1:27 am CST

U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent and hit a six-month low on Wednesday in light technical trading, pressured by end-of-year positioning and a lack of export demand, traders said. Corn and soybeans also sagged in holiday-thinned volume. Grain markets remained closed in Europe. At the Chicago Board of Trade, […]

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