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Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Board of Trade corn futures dropped 1.3 per cent on Monday on expectations of a robust U.S. harvest this fall due to good crop weather across the U.S. Midwest, traders said. "Weather remains highly beneficial for new crop development," Sterling Smith, futures specialist at Citigroup in Chicago, said in a[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday as expectations for a bumper U.S. harvest rose on overnight rains across a broad stretch of the Midwest and a government report showing the crop in better shape than expected, traders said. The storms, which eased lingering concerns about dry weather during the past few[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent on Monday, their fourth straight day of declines, due to a U.S. government forecast for ample global supplies and crop-boosting rains in the key production areas, traders said. Corn and soybeans also eased, with corn hitting a one-week low, as the pace of planting[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. wheat futures fell from a 5-1/2-week high on Thursday on a round of profit-taking following a six-session rally that had pushed prices up 9.2 per cent, traders said. "We came pretty far, pretty fast off our lows," said Chris Robinson, senior trader at Top Third Ag Marketing. "It is not[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday, capping their fourth straight losing week on profit taking and concerns about slowing demand from China, the world's top buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat also fell, weighed down by technical selling and seasonal harvest pressure, while corn rose to a 10-day high. Soybeans finished[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. corn and soybean futures rose for the second straight session on Thursday, supported by concerns that heavy rains in some growing areas of the U.S. may have caused damage to developing crops, traders said. "It looks like 10 to 20 per cent of the Corn Belt is just too darn[...]

Chicago|Reuters -- U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures firmed on Monday, bouncing off multiyear lows due to a mild round of bargain buying and short covering, traders said. But forecasts for excellent growing weather across broad stretches of the Midwest during the next two weeks limited gains as little stress is expected on both corn[...]

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures fell 1.7 per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday, dropping below US$14 a bushel for the first time since March 24, on the easing of pressure on the U.S. balance sheet, traders said. Corn also weakened, hitting a 4-1/2-month low, while wheat firmed on moderate[...]