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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy poised for move higher, waiting on China

May. 23, 2018 at 6:53 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade could be poised to rally, if and when China and the U.S. reach an agreement over trade issues. According to Terry Reilly, a senior commodity analyst with Futures International in Chicago, people are starting to get excited over rumours […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on hopes for renewed demand from China

May. 23, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains dryness, technical buying

May. 22, 2018 at 6:07 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

May. 21, 2018 at 8:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump

May. 18, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

May. 17, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, their third straight day of gains, on worries that adverse weather will lead to crop shortfalls in key growing areas around the world, traders said. Soybean futures fell, pressured by fresh concerns about exports. Corn futures closed lower on long […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy sinking below major support

May. 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade softened in value during the week ended Wednesday and could be set to drop even more as growing conditions improve in the U.S. Rainy conditions across the U.S. Midwest and Plains have pressured prices in recent days. […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

May. 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent on Wednesday, dropping below US$10 a bushel for the first time since April 4, on renewed fears about a trade dispute chilling demand from China, the world’s top buyer of the oilseed. Wheat futures ticked higher on short-covering, recovering […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end higher after choppy trade

May. 15, 2018 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest will stall the tail end of planting, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed, snapping a four-session losing streak on short-covering and bargain buying. Soybean futures also closed firm […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

May. 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth […]

By Mark Weinraub