Insights and Stories of Mark Weinraub

Nov. 15, 2013 at 5:51 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell 2.5 per cent on Friday to a one-week low, with traders citing softening cash markets, favourable crop weather in South America and profit-taking after Thursday’s six-week high. A private estimate for big U.S. soybean acreage next year also weighed on prices. Corn prices fell late in […]

By Julie Ingwersen, Mark Weinraub

Nov. 8, 2013 at 4:31 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose to a two-week high on Friday after the government predicted that stronger global demand would soak up more of the bumper crop than had been expected this year, traders said. Corn futures firmed, their first positive session since Oct. 29, after the U.S. Agriculture Department’s outlook […]

By Mark Weinraub

Nov. 7, 2013 at 4:44 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, hitting a one-week high on strength in the cash markets, signs of strong export demand and spillover support from a rally in soymeal prices, traders said. Corn and wheat futures were soft and mixed, respectively, with traders squaring positions ahead of long-awaited U.S. Agriculture […]

By Mark Weinraub

Nov. 6, 2013 at 5:57 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday after four straight sessions of declines, buoyed by strength in the cash market and by harvest slowdowns, traders said. Corn and wheat futures weakened, setting new lows, on expectations that a huge corn harvest will lead to a glut of grain in the U.S., […]

By Mark Weinraub

Nov. 5, 2013 at 3:55 pm CST

U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent to their lowest in nearly six weeks on Tuesday due to improving crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and declining demand on the export market, traders said. Soybeans and corn also fell, with corn charting a fresh three-year low and soybeans notching their […]

By Mark Weinraub