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U.S. grains: Improving weather sparks sell-off in U.S. corn, soybeans

Jul. 20, 2016 at 2:53 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures posted sharp declines on Wednesday, with corn hitting its lowest in nearly two years as the latest weather outlook appeared less threatening to crop development, traders said. Soybean futures led the sell-off, sinking 2 per cent and hitting their lowest since April […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy prices tumble on strong U.S. crop ratings

Jul. 19, 2016 at 2:33 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end higher as U.S. hot spell looms

Jul. 18, 2016 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on long liquidation

Jul. 15, 2016 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: New forecast ends rallies

Jul. 14, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

Jul. 13, 2016 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Oat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade have advanced as rain soaks Canada’s crops, but one U.S. analyst doesn’t expect those gains to hold. Close to half of Canada’s seeded oat area is in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada data shows, and some parts of the province have […]

By Jade Markus

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy enter temperature-driven phase

Jul. 13, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures are entering a period that is typically driven by weather concerns and little else. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday released its world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report. Both corn and soybeans improved in price after […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend rally as fundamentals improve

Jul. 13, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Wednesday, both posting their second straight day of sharp gains on concerns about hot and dry weather cutting into U.S. soybean crops and expectations of strong exports of U.S. corn. “Soybeans are the main drivers of the grain market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on worries heat may threaten crops

Jul. 12, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures rose on Tuesday, with soybeans touching a one-week high, on worries that a heat wave may threaten crops later this summer. Concerns about the risk of damaging weather overshadowed a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which predicted a big domestic […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy sag ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 11, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Monday, as investors braced themselves on the eve of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report that analysts expected to project rising domestic corn stockpiles. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, although forecasts for hot weather in the U.S. Midwest crop […]

By Julie Ingwersen