Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat breaks six-session win streak

Oct. 9, 2014 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell 2.9 per cent from four-week highs on Thursday, with investors focusing on poor demand and plentiful global stocks ahead of a key government report, traders said. Corn and soybeans firmed, with corn notching its seventh straight day of gains. Both commodities received […]

EU raids ethanol companies over price-fixing concerns

Oct. 9, 2014 at 3:34 pm CDT

By philip-blenkinsop

Argentina says will make soy producers sell more

Oct. 9, 2014 at 3:46 am CDT

Monsanto reports smaller loss, forecasts profit below estimates

Oct. 9, 2014 at 3:38 am CDT

By Carey Gillam

ICE weekly outlook: Canola up but hitting resistance

Oct. 8, 2014 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

CBOT corn poised to drop below US$3/bu.

Oct. 8, 2014 at 6:41 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago corn futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report, due Friday, has the potential to push values sharply lower, according to an analyst. “Traders are looking for a three-point increase in the yield for the U.S. corn, […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on big harvest views, spreading against corn

Oct. 8, 2014 at 6:11 pm CDT

Reuters — Soybeans slipped on Wednesday on rising expectations of a huge U.S. harvest and spread trading against corn. Corn rose on short-covering ahead of a key U.S. government crop report, while technical buying bolstered Chicago wheat. Spread trading between corn and soybeans accelerated soybeans’ declines, as the trade assumed […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Chicago live cattle again post record high

Oct. 8, 2014 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures marked a record high for a second straight day on Wednesday in anticipation of firmer prices for slaughter cattle this week, traders said. October closed up 0.325 cent per pound at 166.1 cents, and December at 168.05 cents, up 0.2 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Tighter supplies of higher-quality durum boosting bids

Oct. 8, 2014 at 12:45 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Tight European supplies of high-quality durum are boosting North American prices for the grain — but there are also quality issues with the Canadian and U.S. crops limiting how much durum will actually be sold at those stronger prices. “There is a very large durum program to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cargill reports lower Q1 profit amid slumping grain markets

Oct. 7, 2014 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill, a top global commodities trader, said Tuesday its quarterly earnings fell as global grain and oilseed prices tumbled in anticipation of a record-large U.S. harvest and as turmoil in some countries impacted its operations. Minneapolis-based Cargill noted its fiscal first quarter ended Aug. 31 was […]

By Karl Plume