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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans await fresh news

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:47 pm CST

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are waiting on fresh news for direction, according to one U.S. analyst, as both markets move on mostly technical trading short-term. “There’s some bullish influence, there’s some bearish influence, but at the end of the day, there’s […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

Feb. 4, 2016 at 6:29 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Justin Madden

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease from six-week highs

Feb. 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm CST

By Justin Madden Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Fund short-covering lifts grain/soy complex

Feb. 2, 2016 at 4:35 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on ample global supplies

Feb. 1, 2016 at 5:35 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Justin Madden

Firm loonie cuts into Prairie spring wheat bids

Feb. 1, 2016 at 11:47 am CST

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Friday, as continued strength in the Canadian dollar more than countered any support from advances in U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $3 to $5 per tonne […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn close strong on bargain buying

Jan. 29, 2016 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended strong on Friday, rallying on month-end buying a day after cancellations of U.S. soybean sales to China sent the market to a three-week low, traders said. Corn and wheat also settled higher. CBOT March soybeans finished up 14-1/2 cents at $8.82-1/4 a […]

By Justin Madden

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall amid global export setbacks

Jan. 28, 2016 at 5:06 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled on Thursday, with the most-active March contract down 1.6 per cent, the largest drop for soybeans in more than a month, after exporters canceled U.S. soybean sales to China. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat ended 4-1/4 cents lower at $4.72-1/4 per […]

By Justin Madden

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn stays within range

Jan. 27, 2016 at 6:07 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Chicago Board of Trade corn futures stayed mostly range-bound for the week ended Wednesday; the corn market ebbed and flowed with crude oil and ideas of demand. However, it also felt technical pressure, according to Sean Lusk, a co-director at the commercial hedging services division of Walsh […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat snaps rally, soy firm, corn flat

Jan. 27, 2016 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday on fund-driven technical selling and a proposal by Russia’s farm ministry to cut a wheat export tax, which tempered speculation about export restrictions. Corn coasted for the second straight day, while soybean futures rose on dry weather concerns in South […]

By Justin Madden