Insights and Stories of P.J. Huffstutter

Nov. 4, 2015 at 2:18 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters –  Chicago wheat futures ticked up on Wednesday on technical buying, despite rain forecasts across U.S. grain belts adding to worries about weather woes overseas. Corn futures ended the day slightly lower after private forecasters raised their estimates for U.S. production, while soybeans rose on bargain-buying and robust U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Nov. 3, 2015 at 9:39 am CST

Chicago/Reuters – Monsanto Co’s Climate Corp subsidiary on Tuesday announced a definitive agreement to sell its Precision Planting farm equipment business to Deere & Co for an undisclosed sum. The deal also allows nearly real-time data connections between certain John Deere farm equipment and Climate’s farming software programs, Climate FieldView. Climate […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Oct. 30, 2015 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. wheat futures prices jumped 1.5 per cent on Friday and posted their biggest weekly gain in nearly four months, as traders positioned themselves ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Department of Agriculture November supply and demand report. Chicago Board of Trade December soft red wheat […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Oct. 29, 2015 at 3:27 pm CDT

CHICAGO / Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rallied nearly 2 per cent on Thursday, supported by a round of short-covering and signs of improving export demand, traders said. A pickup in exports also boosted corn futures, as technical buying lent further support to both corn and wheat after prices dipped […]

By Mark Weinraub, P.J. Huffstutter

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:54 am CDT

Reuters — California is examining new World Health Organization findings to determine whether to add red meat and foods such as hot dogs, sausages and bacon to a cancer-alert list, setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry over warning labels. The inclusion of meat and processed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek