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U.S. grains: Wheat jumps for seventh straight day

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 10, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed for a seventh straight session on Thursday, the longest such streak in nearly two years, as a weaker U.S. dollar and concerns about adverse crop weather sparked fund short covering and other buying. Soybeans also rose for a seventh day while corn advanced for the sixth time

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat extend winning streak

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 9, 2016

Washington | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures rose on Wednesday, the sixth straight higher close for both commodities, as technical buying and short-covering pulled prices higher after they drifted into negative territory, traders said. Corn futures closed mostly lower, weighed down by an ample supply base and some technical sales after the benchmark

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Weather fears, short-covering lift prices

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures edged higher Tuesday on concerns that unfavourable crop weather could threaten domestic production, as markets temporarily shook off the weight of massive global inventories. Technical buying and short covering ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Wednesday helped fuel the gains, traders said. Wheat traders

Crops, Markets

Egypt quarantine authority to ban ergot until new laws passed

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 8, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s agriculture quarantine authority will continue to apply a zero ergot policy on wheat shipments until new legislation is issued, the new head of the authority told Reuters on Tuesday. Former quarantine chief Saad Moussa’s zero-tolerance policy on common grains fungus ergot resulted in shipments to the world’s biggest importer of

Crops, Markets

Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 7, 2016

Cairo | Reuters –– Egypt will allow wheat imports with trace levels of the ergot fungus of up to 0.05 per cent, the agriculture ministry said Monday, a day after the head of its agriculture quarantine authority was changed. Former quarantine head Saad Moussa’s zero tolerance policy on ergot had led to shipments to the

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose for the fourth day in a row on Monday, supported by a round of short-covering after regulatory data released on Friday afternoon showed that speculators had built the biggest net short on record in all three commodities. But prices closed well off their session

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt re-exported to Europe

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan March 3, 2016

Abu Dhabi | Reuters — A shipment of Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt over concerns it contained traces of ergot has been re-exported to Europe after Egypt’s agricultural quarantine rejected a petition from the supplier, trade sources said Thursday. Egypt’s quarantine authority has rejected a series of wheat shipments over traces of the common grain

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-session high, weather sparks short-covering

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to their highest in six trading sessions on Thursday as expanding dryness in the southern Plains hard wheat belt triggered a round of short-covering, traders and analysts said. Traders were also concerned about a threat of flooding in the Mississippi River Delta region, which grows soft red

Crops, Weather

Mild winter, poor snow cover watched in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 2, 2016

CNS Canada –– A milder than normal winter, with a lack of significant snow cover across much of Alberta and Saskatchewan, may be raising concerns in parts of the Prairies — but there is still plenty of time before spring seeding will begin. “There’s not much moisture there,” said Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta’s

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies after multiyear lows

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 2, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rallied to close higher on Wednesday as traders covered short positions following the market’s drop to its lowest level in nearly six years. Soybean futures also advanced on bargain buying, halting a six-session slide, while corn settled fractionally higher. At the CBOT, May wheat finished

Daily Network News

Argus cuts Ukraine wheat crop forecast on lower harvest area

Argentina soybean production to be firm in 2026-27

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Winter wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps for seventh straight day

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat extend winning streak

U.S. grains: Weather fears, short-covering lift prices

Egypt quarantine authority to ban ergot until new laws passed

Egypt to allow trace ergot in wheat

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt re-exported to Europe

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-session high, weather sparks short-covering

Mild winter, poor snow cover watched in Alberta, Saskatchewan

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies after multiyear lows

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