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CBOT weekly outlook: Trade news having little effect

Jan. 9, 2019 at 6:58 pm CST

CNS Canada — Even though news out of Beijing regarding the trade talks between the U.S. and China were reported as ending on a positive note Wednesday morning, one broker watching the Chicago Board of Trade didn’t see it having much effect on commodities. “The only thing that would be […]

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on China trade optimism

Jan. 9, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip from rally, eyes on China talks

Jan. 8, 2019 at 7:49 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy firm on Brazil dryness, China trade hopes

Jan. 7, 2019 at 5:57 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as China talks fuel export hopes

Jan. 4, 2019 at 4:33 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

Jan. 4, 2019 at 3:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. New release dates for the monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report and other data originally scheduled for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on technical bounce, export prospects

Jan. 3, 2019 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about 1.4 per cent on Thursday, reaching a one-week high on a technical rebound from multi-month lows and optimism about U.S. export prospects, analysts said. Soybeans hit a two-week top on worries about declining Brazilian crop prospects and rumours of Chinese buying […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wait on China news

Jan. 2, 2019 at 5:50 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade started 2019 on a firm note, bouncing higher on rumours of fresh Chinese buying interest. However, with the U.S. government still in partial shutdown mode, confirmation of that business was lacking and additional advances remain questionable. “We’re basically buying […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy up on crop stress in Brazil, hopes for China talks

Jan. 2, 2019 at 4:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures advanced to a near two-week high on Wednesday on declining yield prospects in Brazil and optimism about U.S. trade relations with top global soy buyer China, traders said. Wheat futures rose, rebounding from multi-month lows on short-covering and concerns about excessive rains in […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat eases in thin holiday trade

Dec. 31, 2018 at 4:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Monday in thin, technically driven trade, brokers said, but still posted a yearly gain of nearly 18 per cent. U.S. soybean futures ended lower, retreating from early advances tied to signs of thawing trade tension between […]

By Julie Ingwersen P.J. Huffstutter