Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday, following broad declines in commodities led by sagging crude oil futures, analysts said. Wheat futures fell about two per cent, retreating after Monday’s short-covering rally, and soybeans were also lower. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled down 4-3/4 cents
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat follow broad commodities weakness
U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on short-covering, export optimism
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped more than three per cent on Monday on fund-driven short-covering coupled with expectations of a pick-up in export business, analysts said. Corn futures followed wheat higher while soybeans declined on forecasts for rising U.S. soy inventories. Chicago Board of Trade December (CBOT) soft red winter wheat futures
U.S. grains: Wheat falls on sluggish U.S. export pace; soybeans turn up
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Friday on concerns about export demand and a strengthening dollar, analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower on technical selling, but soybeans turned higher on firming U.S. cash markets as well as optimism about U.S.-China talks later this month. Chicago Board of Trade
U.S. grains: Corn ends higher as USDA tightens domestic stocks forecast
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures closed modestly higher on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its estimates of corn yield, production and ending stocks more than most analysts expected, traders said. Soybean futures fell after the USDA slashed its U.S. soy export forecast, but pared losses toward the close. Wheat
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn lower ahead of USDA monthly data
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell Wednesday as traders adjusted positions the day before a monthly report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which the government is expected to raise its forecast of U.S. soy stocks. Corn and wheat futures also ended lower. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans settled down 4-3/4
U.S. grains: Wheat firms as crop ratings decline; soy, corn sag a bit
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures touched a one-week high on Tuesday on light short-covering and worries about declining U.S. crop condition ratings, analysts said. Corn futures ended down after a choppy session and soybeans drifted lower as traders awaited direction from the outcome of U.S. congressional elections and monthly U.S. supply/demand reports due
U.S. grains: Soy, wheat decline, corn firm ahead of USDA monthly data
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures declined on Monday, retreating from a two-month high set last week, pressured by a mix of profit taking and favorable South American weather, analysts said. Wheat futures also slipped while corn futures firmed ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports this week in which analysts
U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as Egypt eyes U.S. supplies, funds cover shorts
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rose nearly 4 percent on Friday and bounced back from multi-month lows a day earlier, buoyed by short-covering and indications that U.S. wheat was becoming more competitive globally, analysts said. Corn futures rose, rebounding from Thursday’s two-week low, and soybeans rallied from a one-month low. Chicago Board of
U.S. dairy farmers get little help from Canada trade deal
Madison, Wisconsin/St. Claude, Manitoba | Reuters – Minnesota farmer Paul Fritsche can no longer afford health insurance as he struggles to sustain a dairy farm that has been in his family for nearly a century. With U.S. milk prices in the fourth year of a slump due to chronic oversupply, Fritsche, 58, is unsure whether
U.S. grains: Wheat sags as weak exports, firm dollar prompt fund selling
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell more than 2 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark December contract on the Chicago Board of Trade hitting its lowest in nine months, as sluggish export demand and a strong dollar prompted fund liquidation, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also sank on poor weekly U.S. export