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U.S. grains: Short-covering sparks rally in wheat

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied 3.4 per cent on Monday, bouncing off of their lowest in nearly three weeks, on a round of short-covering, traders said. “Frankly this market was struggling to go down,” Arlan Suderman, senior market analyst at Water Street Solutions, said. “When you run […]

U.S. grains: Corn drops, soybeans rise on new biofuel targets

May. 29, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds on short-covering, bullish ethanol data

May. 28, 2015 at 2:44 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

May. 27, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks to two-week low on winter crop rating

May. 27, 2015 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

May. 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

May. 22, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains and oilseeds fell more than one per cent on Friday, with soybeans tumbling to the lowest levels since October in a broad commodities selloff as the dollar rallied against a basket of global currencies. Soybeans, corn and wheat each reversed earlier gains and fell […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

May. 21, 2015 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in Russia and Canada would stress crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also jumped, rising in sympathy with wheat, while […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn grind lower, watching weather

May. 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Great spring seeding conditions across much of the U.S. Midwest have weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade — and the nearby bias remains pointed lower, barring a weather scare, according to an analyst. “The good growing conditions will keep (soybeans and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

May. 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to seven-month lows and corn to one-week lows on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for nearly ideal growing conditions for the crops next week. Temperatures were seen warming up by next week after a chill that supported prices earlier this week. Coupled with recent […]

By Michael Hirtzer