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Tour sees ‘extraordinary’ wheat crop in North Dakota

Jul. 23, 2014 at 11:11 am CDT

Bismarck, North Dakota/Reuters — Big spring wheat yields were projected in southern North Dakota as abundant soil moisture and cool weather helped foster crop development following an uneven planting season, scouts on an annual crop tour found on Tuesday. “I think we have seen an extraordinary crop,” said Dan Wogsland, […]

Rapeseed crop may not be as big as first thought in W.Europe

Jul. 23, 2014 at 9:33 am CDT

By Nigel Hunt

GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

Jul. 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

LIVESTOCK: Beef price surge extends CME live cattle advances

Jul. 21, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

French wheat premiums soar as market fears more rain damage

Jul. 21, 2014 at 2:34 pm CDT

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GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

Jul. 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict […]

By Julie Ingwersen

LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle climb following beef price rebound

Jul. 17, 2014 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday, driven by short-covering after wholesale beef prices ended their recent downtrend, traders said. Thursday morning’s wholesale price for choice beef rose 85 cents per hundredweight (cwt) from Wednesday to $251.67. Select beef jumped $1.90 to $244.76, according to the U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters

GRAINS: Wheat up on fears political fallout could crimp Black Sea exports

Jul. 17, 2014 at 2:55 pm CDT

Reuters – U.S. wheat futures surged 2 per cent on Thursday, rallying from a recent four-year low on fears of escalating geopolitical tension in the Black Sea region after a Malaysian airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine, traders said. A Ukrainian interior ministry official said the plane was shot down by […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Dry weather in Russia triggers upgrades to grain crop forecasts

Jul. 16, 2014 at 11:35 am CDT

Moscow|Reuters — Dry weather in Russia has accelerated the 2014 harvest, prompting the agriculture ministry and two key analysts to upgrade their forecasts for the annual grain crop on Wednesday. Russia’s agriculture ministry boosted its 2014 grain harvest forecast to 100 million tonnes, up 3 per cent compared to a previous […]

GRAINS – Bargain buying supports bump in U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat

Jul. 14, 2014 at 3:51 pm CDT

Chicago|Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures firmed on Monday, bouncing off multiyear lows due to a mild round of bargain buying and short covering, traders said. But forecasts for excellent growing weather across broad stretches of the Midwest during the next two weeks limited gains as little stress […]

By Mark Weinraub