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U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Jun. 7, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures notched a fourth weekly gain on Friday — even after closing the day down 1.27 per cent — as lack of rain in Russia raised concerns over reduced yields in the world’s top exporter of the grain. Support also came […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

Jun. 6, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade wars keep futures volatile

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise as report shows rain slows plantings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Monday on concerns about harvest risks as more heavy rain was forecast in some U.S. grain belts and warm, dry weather was expected in top wheat exporter Russia. Meanwhile, corn and soybean futures traded choppily as the markets digested a threat […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

May. 31, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday, weighed down by fresh concerns about demand after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on imports of goods from Mexico in response to illegal immigration across the U.S. border. All three commodities also faced pressure […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally on weather woes

May. 30, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose 4.1 per cent on Thursday, bouncing back from some technical weakness on Wednesday as traders focused on the historic slow pace of planting in the Midwest. Prices, which hit their highest in nearly three years this week, needed to continue to rally […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

May. 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertain U.S. soy prospects boost canola

May. 29, 2019 at 4:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed sharply higher during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their best levels in more than a month as strength in the Chicago Board of Trade soy complex provided spillover support. “We have a bit of a short-covering rally going on in canola,” said Jerry […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin