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U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

Apr. 16, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in 10 days on Monday, led by a 3.4 per cent drop in K.C. hard red winter wheat prices, on forecasts for rain in key growing areas that will provide relief to a drought-stressed crop, traders said. “Wheat prices […]

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

Apr. 13, 2018 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

Apr. 12, 2018 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat ends lower on plentiful world supplies

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on USDA data

Apr. 10, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture trimmed its forecast of U.S. 2017-18 soybean ending stocks in a monthly report, bucking trade expectations for an increase. Wheat closed modestly higher on technical buying and worries about poor weather in the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on U.S. weather woes

Apr. 9, 2018 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures surged nearly four per cent on Monday, nearing a one-month high as cold weather threatened to stress U.S. wheat already weakened by drought, traders said. Soybean futures rose on signs of fresh export demand and corn followed the firm trend, with wintry conditions […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans close firm despite trade threats

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, with traders shrugging off rhetoric about escalations in a trade war between China and the U.S. to focus on fresh export deals. China warned on Friday it was fully prepared to respond with a “fierce counter strike” of fresh trade […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as market digests Chinese tariff threat

Apr. 5, 2018 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rallied more than one per cent on Thursday as investors played down the immediate impact of proposed Chinese tariffs on U.S. supplies, a move that had sent prices plunging a day earlier. U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as two per cent, lifted […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

Apr. 5, 2018 at 5:41 am CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade suffered sharp losses Wednesday after China said it would slap a 25 per cent tariff on soybean imports in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that had been placed on it. The dominant May contract plummeted 55 cents to $9.83 a […]

By Dave Sims