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U.S. grains: Prices slip after rallying on trade deal

Dec. 18, 2019 at 5:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures eased on Wednesday as the markets paused after rallying this week on demand hopes fuelled by a U.S.-China trade agreement. The long-awaited agreement included a Chinese commitment to expand purchases of U.S. farm products. However, traders are cautious about projections from […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade awaits solid details on ‘Phase One’

Dec. 18, 2019 at 4:54 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rise for fourth straight day

Dec. 17, 2019 at 5:14 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Confluence of bullish news sends wheat futures higher

Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:05 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rally after trade deal

Dec. 16, 2019 at 5:31 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Mid-December bids mixed

Dec. 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, with small gains in some areas and small losses in others as the market adjusted in a narrow range. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: China trade news provides lift

Dec. 13, 2019 at 6:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a three-week high on Friday after Washington and Beijing announced a “phase one” trade deal, but the market pared gains amid uncertainty about the details of the pact, including the size of any potential Chinese agricultural purchases. As part of the agreement, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy rally on China trade hopes

Dec. 12, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on Thursday on fresh export demand and renewed hopes for a trade agreement with China after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that a deal with Beijing was “very close,” analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures soybeans

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors took profits after six days in a row of price increases, while wheat and corn sank on technical selling. Traders shrugged off news of the largest soybean sale to China in more than eight months, in the absence […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE yields mixed results

Dec. 10, 2019 at 4:35 pm CST

MarketsFarm — World agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have turned out largely bullish for wheat values, bearish for corn and neutral for soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The report, released Tuesday, lowered U.S. wheat stocks by 40 million bushels […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm