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GRAINS: Corn bounces but posts 5th weekly loss on supply pressure

Jul. 25, 2014 at 4:16 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on bargain buying Friday but posted a fifth consecutive weekly loss as expectations of record yields in this autumn’s harvest continued to hang over the market, traders said. Wheat rose on short-covering buying as the market consolidated above contract lows set this week, […]

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Jul. 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries

Jul. 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

GRAINS: Soybeans hit over one-week high, U.S. old-crop supply tightens

Jul. 23, 2014 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Grain bags catching on in the U.S. Midwest

Jul. 23, 2014 at 9:51 am CDT

By Karl Plume

GRAINS: U.S. corn slides to 4-yr lows on bright harvest prospects

Jul. 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures drifted to fresh four-year lows on Tuesday, erasing early gains as favorable weather forecasts bolstered expectations for a bumper harvest, traders said. Wheat followed corn down. Soybeans closed mostly lower, led by new-crop months, but the spot August contract rose on export demand for U.S. soybeans and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

Jul. 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Jul. 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Corn, soybean price drop may be premature

Jul. 17, 2014 at 10:08 am CDT

"I do think the market may have gone a little bit too far to the downside for the moment." Ted Seifried, vice-president of brokerage Zaner Group

By Mark Weinraub

Drozd: Livestock producers look ahead to lower meal costs

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:06 pm CDT

To the relief of livestock producers, soybean meal prices have started to soften. At the end of May, a harami alerted producers to a downturn in the meal market. A harami is a reversal pattern often seen on a candlestick chart. This particular harami materialized at the height of the […]

By David Drozd