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U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tumble on profit-taking

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 22, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybeans and corn plunged on Friday, with wheat posting its largest daily declines in three years as investors locked in profits after huge gains earlier this week, and extended weather outlooks were seen as beneficial for crops. Chicago Board of Trade wheat shed six per cent, but still managed

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Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2016

CNS Canada –– Increased durum acres in Canada may limit the upside potential as far as prices are concerned, but smaller spring wheat plantings will also limit the downside, according to a durum trader. Statistics Canada on Thursday pegged intended durum acres at 6.12 million acres, which would be up from 5.82 million in 2015.

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U.S. grains: Soybeans hit eight-month high

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 21, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans surged to the highest levels in eight months on Thursday on technical buying and bull-spreading as investors eyed outlooks for lower output due to rains in Argentina. Corn and wheat futures tumbled more than two per cent in a profit-taking setback at the Chicago Board of Trade, with volumes

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

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 20, 2016

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 of $10 per bushel for

Hard white winter wheat growing in North Carolina in 2010. (Dave Marshall photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 19, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures extended gains to multi-month peaks on Tuesday, lifted largely by technical and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Corn also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three agriculture future contracts gaining as part of a broad commodities rally. The dollar declined against

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

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 18, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade surged more than three per cent on Monday, notching their biggest daily gains since October as investors liquidated a portion of the record-large short stake, traders said. Corn and soybean futures each rose to fresh multi-month highs, before trimming gains in largely technically

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Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada were slightly weaker during the week ended Friday, as the Canadian dollar gained ground relative to its U.S. counterpart. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly $1 to $2.50 per tonne over the course of the

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Red pens come out for postmortem report on CWB era

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2016

A researcher working for a group calling for the return of single desk marketing misinterpreted data in former Canadian Wheat Board annual reports to conclude the board paid lower rates for shipping grain. Several sources, including a former Canadian Wheat Board director, say University of Saskatchewan Ph.D. candidate Laura Larsen used an inaccurate comparison in

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

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a four-month high on Friday as concern about summer weather risk in the Midwest and dry conditions in Brazil prompted investors to cover short positions, analysts said. Soybean futures also rose, but stayed below multi-month peaks set this week, while wheat ended flat. At the Chicago Board

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

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 14, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday on profit-taking and softening cash markets following a four-session advance that lifted the spot May contract to an eight-month high, traders said. Wheat futures ended lower one day after setting a one-week high. But corn settled modestly higher, supported by stronger-than-expected

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U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tumble on profit-taking

Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit eight-month high

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

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

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

Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

Red pens come out for postmortem report on CWB era

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

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

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