Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on China trade woes, good crop weather

Jul. 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday, giving up more than half of their gains from a bargain-buying rally before the weekend as investors weighed the impact of reduced Chinese demand following Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. supplies. Improved growing conditions in the U.S. Midwest also weighed on […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as China tariffs loom

Jul. 5, 2018 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn gain on weather worries

Jul. 3, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on trade war worry

Jul. 2, 2018 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

Jun. 28, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

Jun. 23, 2018 at 2:05 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mostly lower on Friday as falling cash hog prices and poor packer margins weighed on the market, traders said. Worries over slowed pork export demand due to threatened retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners, including Mexico and China, also […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

Jun. 21, 2018 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a second straight day on Thursday on bargain buying following the market’s recent drop and on a weather-reduced wheat crop in Russia, the world’s top exporter. Corn followed wheat higher, underpinned by concerns that heavy rains and flooding in parts of […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to new lows as rains soak Midwest

Jun. 11, 2018 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped to fresh multi-month lows on Monday as widespread rains across the Midwest farm belt bolstered production outlooks for recently planted crops. Wheat futures also eased as rainfall in Western Australia took the edge off global weather worries, although declines were […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on trade worries, good weather

Jun. 8, 2018 at 2:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid for a fifth straight session on Friday and registered the steepest weekly decline in 10 months as favourable U.S. crop weather and concerns over slowing export trade weighed on prices. Corn futures edged up on short-covering after dipping to multi-month lows on […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

May. 25, 2018 at 8:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and ended the week up nearly five per cent as worries about dry weather in key global production regions fueled short-covering and speculative buying. Soybeans advanced for the fifth time in six sessions on renewed […]

By Karl Plume

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Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on China trade woes, good crop weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as China tariffs loom

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn gain on weather worries

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on trade war worry

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

U.S. livestock: Hogs sink on weak cash markets, packer margins

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global crop worries

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to new lows as rains soak Midwest

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on trade worries, good weather

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

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