Insights and Stories of Julie Ingwersen

Corn hits one-week high on export prospects, technicals

Oct. 31, 2012 at 5:30 pm CDT

Corn prices rose to a one-week high on Wednesday on a mix of technical buying and prospects for improved U.S. export demand as old-crop supplies from South America dwindle, analysts said. Wheat advanced, halting a four-day sell-off, and soybeans rose for a second day, joining a broad rally in commodities […]

Grains – soybeans fall on Brazil weather; U.S.. hurricane eyed

Oct. 29, 2012 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. soybeans fall, wheat pares gains on macro worries

Oct. 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Sam Nelson

U.S. wheat up, again, on Russian crop worries

Aug. 18, 2012 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. wheat up 1.8 per cent on Russian supply worries

Aug. 16, 2012 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. soybeans rally as cash markets firm

Aug. 15, 2012 at 6:37 pm CDT

Soybean futures rose two per cent on Wednesday on continued demand from exporters and domestic processors in the cash markets, even as the worst U.S. drought in half a century tightened supplies. Corn rose nearly as much on spillover strength from soy and energy prices, and wheat also advanced, rebounding […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. wheat sags after Egypt buys more from Russia

Aug. 14, 2012 at 6:13 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Tuesday as Russia sold large amounts of the grain to top global buyer Egypt in two back-to-back tenders within a week, calming fears that the world’s No. 4 wheat exporter would soon curb exports. Soybeans closed mixed after a choppy session, with […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. soy, corn slip, take breather from drought rally

Aug. 13, 2012 at 6:36 pm CDT

U.S. new-crop soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Monday as improving weather in the Midwest crop belt brightened crop prospects and helped trigger a round of fund long liquidation. Wheat extended losses to six per cent over two sessions and fell to a near three-week low as […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. corn hits record on eve of key crop report

Aug. 9, 2012 at 5:51 pm CDT

U.S. corn rose one per cent to a record high on Thursday and new-crop soybeans rose three per cent a day ahead of a key U.S. government report that’s expected to slash production estimates due to damage from the worst drought in 56 years. "People are putting risk premium back […]

By Julie Ingwersen Sam Nelson

U.S. corn, soy rally ahead of USDA report

Aug. 8, 2012 at 6:22 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose nearly two per cent on Wednesday, halting a two-day sell-off, as traders positioned for a keenly awaited U.S. government crop report that may predict the lowest U.S. corn yield in 15 years. Additional support stemmed from scattered corn harvest reports that were even worse than expected […]

By Julie Ingwersen Sam Nelson