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U.S. grains: Wheat sags on abundant global supplies

Sep. 3, 2019 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soft red winter wheat futures fell to three-month lows on Tuesday while U.S. hard wheat futures hit their lowest levels in a decade, pressured by ample world supplies and strong export competition, analysts said. Corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows on […]

Short position steady in canola, growing in corn

Sep. 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cash wheat: Western Canadian bids mixed

Aug. 30, 2019 at 10:05 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Spring wheat sinks to 10-year low on burdensome supplies

Aug. 30, 2019 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy set one-week highs on weather concerns

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders watching weather

Aug. 28, 2019 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn contracts have tested contract lows on the Chicago Board of Trade, and markets are in need of a bounce. “If contract lows get taken out, you’re talking almost another 10 cents to the downside,” said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Illinois. “It’s going to […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise from multi-month lows

Aug. 28, 2019 at 7:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures pushed higher on Wednesday because of uncertainty about the size of the autumn harvests and concerns that prices had dropped too low. The gains came after the most actively traded corn contract earlier in the session dropped to its lowest price […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy slumps on improved crop rating

Aug. 27, 2019 at 3:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures retreated on Tuesday on improving crop prospects and a lack of progress in trade talks with China, the world’s top importer of the oilseed, traders said. Prices took a hit after soybeans climbed on Monday on short covering and hopes for easing tensions […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as trade tensions ease

Aug. 26, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as President Donald Trump predicted a trade deal with China, cooling fears about escalating tensions with the top importer of the oilseed. Traders grew hopeful that the world’s two largest economies could move toward an agreement to end their trade […]

By Tom Polansek

Bearish bets decline in canola

Aug. 26, 2019 at 1:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While speculators were increasing bearish bets for Chicago soybeans and corn during the week ended Tuesday, canola traders were taking back some of their large net short positions. According to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the net managed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin