Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook

Apr. 6, 2016 at 1:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto on Wednesday effectively pulled itself out of the mergers-and-acquisitions flurry in the seeds and agrochemicals industry, nearly a year after making a bid for rival Syngenta. The St. Louis-based company, which also reported a drop in second-quarter earnings, now sees its best dealmaking opportunities in […]

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

Mar. 30, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as Plains dryness sparks short-covering

Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. Senate blocks bill that would override state GMO labeling laws

Mar. 16, 2016 at 1:44 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Wheat jumps for seventh straight day

Mar. 10, 2016 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a seventh straight session on Thursday, the longest such streak in nearly two years, as a weaker U.S. dollar and concerns about adverse crop weather sparked fund short covering and other buying. Soybeans also rose for a seventh day while corn […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. EPA moves to pull crop insecticide from sale

Mar. 1, 2016 at 5:00 pm CST

CLARIFIED, March 7, 2016: Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it was moving to halt sale of insecticides from chemical firms Bayer and Nichino America containing an active ingredient, flubendiamide, found to pose risks to the environment. Bayer CropScience had anticipated the action after rejecting […]

By Karl Plume

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

Jan. 15, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily halted shipping traffic on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday after a tow boat struck stationary barges in a fleeting area, marking at least the fifth barge accident this week on the flood-swollen river. High water has severely restricted […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA cuts acreage view

Jan. 12, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain prices rallied on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed its estimate of winter wheat seedings by more than anticipated and unexpectedly cut its corn and soybean production view. Wheat futures surged nearly three per cent to a three-week high on fund short […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat falls from three-week high

Jan. 11, 2016 at 3:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped two per cent on Monday on technical selling and profit-taking after touching three-week highs last week, while traders eyed an eagerly awaited series of government reports on crops due on Tuesday. Corn and soybeans also fell, with declines in broader commodities markets […]

By Karl Plume

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Insights and Stories of Karl Plume

Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as Plains dryness sparks short-covering

U.S. Senate blocks bill that would override state GMO labeling laws

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps for seventh straight day

U.S. EPA moves to pull crop insecticide from sale

Barge accidents rise on flood-swollen Mississippi River

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA cuts acreage view

U.S. grains: Wheat falls from three-week high

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