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U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trade optimism, Midwest weather

Oct. 9, 2019 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to their highest level in nearly three months on Wednesday before paring gains, supported by optimism about increased Chinese purchases and fears that a winter storm in the upper U.S. Midwest could threaten late-maturing crops. Corn closed modestly lower and wheat was […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally after finding technical support

Oct. 8, 2019 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Funds hold steady in canola

Oct. 7, 2019 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS down, durum up

Oct. 5, 2019 at 4:04 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn falls; wheat, soy rise

Oct. 4, 2019 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped on Friday while soybeans and wheat edged higher in muted trading as investors waited for the U.S. government’s monthly update to harvest projections. Corn futures remained under pressure from profit-taking after prices jumped to a seven-week high on Tuesday. The market shrugged […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures slip on technical sales

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures weakened on Thursday, retreating from early gains on technical selling after failing to take out the 10-week high hit on Tuesday, traders said. Wheat futures ended little changed, supported by a surprise export deal with China. But traders said more bullish inputs were […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Technical selling pushes wheat, corn, soy lower

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling after posting sharp gains earlier this week, traders said. Wheat fell most, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade December soft red winter wheat contract sinking 2.1 per cent, its biggest […]

By Mark Weinraub

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans retreat off highs

Oct. 2, 2019 at 2:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade have backed off of highs hit earlier in the week. That’s due mainly to harvest activity putting pressure on prices, according to Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Illinois. Corn crops across the U.S. are currently […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy tops two-month high on China buying, inventory shock

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures prices rose to the highest level in more than two months on Tuesday, adding to gains from the previous session when Chinese purchases and a lower-than-expected estimate of U.S. stockpiles buoyed prices. Corn also advanced after rallying four per cent on Monday as […]

By Tom Polansek