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ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s downward spiral to continue

Sep. 19, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts will continue to drift downward for the foreseeable future, according to one analyst. “The demand isn’t here because the buyers know that the farmer is undersold and they have to sell it,” said Wayne Palmer, senior market analyst with Exceed Grain. The November […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Spec selling pressures corn, soy

Sep. 19, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy hits 10-year low on huge U.S. crop, trade woes

Sep. 18, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn slips to contract lows

Sep. 17, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on bargain buying, corn follows

Sep. 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as harvest expectations rise

Sep. 13, 2018 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased on Thursday, giving up early gains after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was under no pressure to make a trade deal with China, the biggest buyer of the oilseed. Wheat futures, which fell for the seventh […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — An unexpected upward revision to this year’s U.S. corn yields sent prices dropping Wednesday, and more losses are likely, according to market analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report released Wednesday, pegged average corn yields at 181.3 bushels per acre — up by about three […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ADM ramps up ethanol sales in Chicago, irking rivals

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland has sold unusually high volumes of ethanol into the Chicago market since late last year as export markets dried up, driving down prices in the U.S. Midwest and angering the company’s rivals, according to traders and regulatory data. The Illinois-based global commodities […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles after USDA boosts production forecast

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell 3.6 per cent on Wednesday, for their biggest daily declines since April, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for U.S. production more than analysts expected, traders said. Wheat futures also tumbled, tracking losses in corn and on pressure from […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Tuesday, their fifth decline in the last six sessions, as investment funds cut their risk exposure to the grain following a surprise short-covering rally on Monday, traders said. Poor demand for U.S. wheat exports amid expectations of a […]

By Mark Weinraub