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U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on fund buying

Apr. 20, 2016 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans shrugged off early losses to surge two per cent on Wednesday, hitting new eight-month highs and extending the gains of a dramatic April rally linked to investment fund buying and rain-related delays in Argentina’s harvest. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans reached the psychological threshold […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy jump to multi-month highs on fund buying

Apr. 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat surges over three per cent

Apr. 18, 2016 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn hits four-month top on short-covering

Apr. 15, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy falls from eight-month top

Apr. 14, 2016 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn may be nearing highs

Apr. 13, 2016 at 6:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with soybeans leading to the upside on the back of fund buying. The May soybean contract moved above $9.53 Wednesday, which marks the midpoint between the highs and lows of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn jumps three per cent, most in seven months

Apr. 13, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Front-month U.S. corn futures rose three per cent on Wednesday, their biggest single-day advance since September, on short-covering and concerns about planting prospects in the Midwest, analysts said. Concerns about South American weather lent support. Soybean futures also charged higher, buoyed by chart-based buying and data […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month highs in comeback rally

Apr. 12, 2016 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures jumped on short-covering and technical buying on Tuesday, with soybeans closing at eight-month highs after a see-saw session. Heavy buying by commodity investors helped drive the gains, with funds snapping up an estimated 15,000 soybean contracts and 20,000 corn contracts at the Chicago […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat to five-week low on forecasts for rains

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell three per cent to a five-week low on Monday as weekend rains in the U.S. Plains, and forecasts for more next weekend, eased worries about yield prospects, traders said. Corn followed wheat down, but soybeans rose to an eight-month high on technically […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat dips again on weak sales, improving crop

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:18 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat dropped on Thursday for the fourth straight session on lacklustre weekly export sales and the improving condition of the U.S. winter crop. Soybeans slid in a correction from Monday’s highest price since Aug. 17 and corn rose on speculation U.S. farmers may switch some acres to […]

By Rod Nickel