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ICE weekly outlook: Canola to divorce from CBOT soy complex

May. 6, 2015 at 6:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market was up sharply during the week ended Wednesday, following a rally in outside oilseed futures. Chicago soyoil futures led the way higher for oilseeds during the week, with some rumours of fresh export demand for U.S. soyoil floating around. Canola traders, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on weak crop tour results, short-covering

May. 6, 2015 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. wheat futures hit new lows, more losses likely

May. 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as weather improves

May. 5, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on soyoil rally; wheat, corn drop

May. 4, 2015 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn falls to lowest since October on rapid plantings

May. 1, 2015 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grains shed as much as one per cent on Friday as investors sold off positions on the first day of May amid bearish headwinds of rapid pace of spring plantings and a strong dollar that could limit export prospects. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps on record-large export cancellations

Apr. 30, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell as much as two per cent on Thursday, capping its second straight monthly decline on pressure from improving crop conditions in the southern U.S. Plains and disappointing weekly export sales. Corn and soybeans also were lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, weighed […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains jumped as much as one per cent on Wednesday, with corn rebounding from a six-month low and wheat from a nearly five-year low on support from short covering and a weaker U.S. dollar. Soybeans also gained at the Chicago Board of Trade, buoyed by […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The widening spread between corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) should be supportive for corn but a bearish factor in soybeans, as the two crops have moved in opposite directions over the past week, according to an analyst. Soybeans moved to their […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the session. Bargain buying, coupled with a weaker dollar, offset pressure from stable U.S. crop conditions and recent rains in dry […]

By Michael Hirtzer