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U.S. grains: Soy, corn rally on smaller-than-expected stockpiles

Sep. 30, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China bought more U.S. soybeans on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported crop stockpiles were smaller than traders expected, sending futures prices to nine-week highs. Corn futures set an eight-week high after the USDA report also showed tighter-than-expected inventories of the yellow grain. Farmers […]

Funds cover some shorts in grains, oilseeds

Sep. 30, 2019 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

Sep. 27, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

Sep. 26, 2019 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

Sep. 25, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors worried U.S.-China trade relations could escalate and as thoughts of frost impacting U.S. Midwest yields began to ease, traders said. Soybean futures faced pressure after President Donald Trump criticized Chinese policy in his address at the United Nations […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. dollar, weather hurt prices

Sep. 25, 2019 at 1:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Growing strength in the U.S. dollar has hurt commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago. The impetus for the gain was comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, who remarked a trade deal with China could […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat rallies to highest since mid-June

Sep. 24, 2019 at 4:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — MGEX spring wheat futures rallied for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday as farmers harvesting in the northern U.S. Plains found that wet conditions had lowered the quality of the crop there. “They are talking about protein levels really taking a hit with the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Minneapolis, K.C. wheat futures rise

Sep. 23, 2019 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, rebounding from a sharp drop on Friday, on fresh export deals with China and rising concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest could lower crop quality just ahead of harvest, traders said. The adverse weather also supported corn futures while […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on China trade pessimism

Sep. 20, 2019 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than one per cent on Friday to the lowest in a week on rising doubts about a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade talks and forecasts for favourable crop weather across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat also declined, following soybeans, although both […]

By Karl Plume