Insights and Stories of Mark Weinraub

May. 27, 2014 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Soybean planting surged ahead of schedule across the U.S. Midwest during the past week as farmers neared the end of their corn seeding, U.S. government data released on Tuesday showed. Good weather in key growing areas also allowed farmers in the northern U.S. Plains to seed […]

By Mark Weinraub

May. 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for an eighth straight session on Friday, on track for their longest losing streak since June, due to poor demand for U.S. offerings on the export market despite the streak of declines. “There is not a lot of business being done,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

May. 15, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.3 per cent on Thursday to their lowest in nearly seven weeks on a technical setback and forecasts for improved planting weather in northern areas of the U.S. Corn Belt by the weekend, traders said. “The attitude is that the corn crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

May. 14, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday, extending a losing streak during which the benchmark contract has shed 6.6 per cent of its value because of ample global stocks and waning demand for U.S. supplies. Corn also was weak, pressured […]

By Mark Weinraub

May. 13, 2014 at 2:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from Monday’s sell-off on a round of bargain buying and some position squaring ahead of a report that will show how big demand from domestic crushers was in April, traders said. Corn futures also were firm, […]

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