Insights and Stories of Michael Hirtzer

U.S. soybeans jump on South American shipping delays

Mar. 27, 2013 at 8:34 am CDT

U.S. soybeans rallied for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday as port congestion in Brazil during the harvest of its bumper crop helped drive up cash prices in the United States. But trading volume was light and corn lost ground as traders evened positions ahead of a U.S. […]

U.S. grains ease as crop, supply prospects improve

Mar. 26, 2013 at 9:31 am CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. agribusiness frets over sequestration

Mar. 6, 2013 at 10:01 am CST

By Michael Hirtzer Theopolis Waters

U.S. wheat jumps most in any week since July

Jan. 18, 2013 at 7:46 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. corn snaps long rally on profit-taking

Jan. 17, 2013 at 5:28 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. corn rises eighth day as South America stays dry

Jan. 16, 2013 at 5:39 pm CST

U.S. grains rose on Wednesday, with corn rebounding from early losses to post the longest rally since June, as dry weather in South America and the United States stoked fears that the slimmest grain stocks in six years could tighten further. Soybeans rallied 1.7 per cent at the Chicago Board […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. wheat hits three-week high on winterkill fears

Jan. 15, 2013 at 4:30 pm CST

U.S. wheat futures jumped two per cent on Tuesday, hitting the highest price in three weeks as fears mounted that a return to dry weather in the drought-stricken southern Plains would damage the dormant crop. Corn futures rose for the seventh straight session, the longest rally since June, as conditions […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. corn posts longest rally since June on tight stocks

Jan. 14, 2013 at 6:03 pm CST

U.S. grains notched their highest prices in three weeks on Monday, with corn posting its longest rally since June after a government report last week forecast stockpiles in the world’s top producer to hit a 17-year low by summer’s end. Soybean futures jumped more than three per cent for the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. wheat tumbles on weak exports

Nov. 30, 2012 at 5:32 pm CST

U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than two per cent on Friday, concluding their biggest two-month slide in a year as weak U.S. exports and large deliveries fueled selling after a run-up in prices earlier in the week. End-of-the-month liquidation put added pressure on wheat, which posted its biggest daily decline […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Soy at three-week high on U.S. exports, wet Argentina

Nov. 29, 2012 at 7:23 pm CST

U.S. soybeans rose to a three-week high on Thursday, bolstered by strong soy product exports and forecasts for continued wet weather during the planting season in Argentina. Wheat futures were lower for the first time in eight sessions and corn shed as much as one per cent, pressured by disappointing […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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