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Karl Plume is a reporter for Reuters.


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U.S. grains: Corn sinks on big supplies; wheat down on good winter crop outlook

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters April 1, 2024
U.S. grain futures fell on Monday as pressure from ample supplies partly unraveled steep gains late last week following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that projected lower-than-expected U.S. corn plantings.

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Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle plunge as bird flu fears spark speculative selloff

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters April 1, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures plunged on Monday on market uncertainty following news of a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with infected dairy cows.


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Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle reach 5-month peak, end lower in technical setback

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters March 14, 2024
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures ended lower on Thursday in a technical and profit-taking setback after rising to five-month highs on firm cash cattle prices, traders said.

The Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 3, 2018.
 Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

ADM announces plan to address accounting issues, posts earnings miss

The company's shares were up 4.3 per cent but down nearly 21 per cent for the year

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters, Sourasis Bose March 12, 2024
Global grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland announced a plan to fix accounting issues that caused it to correct certain transactions in six years of financial results on Tuesday, though it warned the plan would take time to implement.


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Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn stuck near 3-year lows on abundant supplies

Wheat futures higher on bargain buying, short covering

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters February 9, 2024
U.S. corn and soybean futures hovered near three-year lows on Friday as South American crop weather improved and forecasts called for plentiful supplies, but losses were limited by short covering ahead of the weekend.

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Feb. 6 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)
Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on bargain-buying ahead of USDA report

Wheat futures rose while corn ended lower on forecasts for rain in Argentina

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters February 6, 2024
U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday for a second straight session as short-covering and technical-buying fueled a bounce from multi-year lows a day earlier, though concerns about weak demand limited gains.


Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat

Gains limited by sizable South American crops; doubts over Chinese demand hangs over market

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters January 23, 2024
U.S. soybean futures Sv1 rose for a second straight session on Tuesday on technical buying and short covering after notching multi-year lows last week, although lacklustre demand and improved crop weather in top exporter Brazil limited gains.

The Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 3, 2018.
 Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Markets

Accounting probe hits ADM as crop glut, lower margins point to tough 2024

ADM shares fell 24 per cent Monday as news of accounting issues broke

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters January 23, 2024
An investigation into accounting practices in Archer-Daniels-Midland's ADM.N Nutrition segment could not come at a worse time for the company as sinking crop prices look set to erode profit for its core grain trading and processing businesses this year.


Soybeans ZSF24 for Dec. 18 with Bollinger bands over 20 days. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as Argentina seeks to raise meal, oil export taxes

Good export demand also underpinned soybeans

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters December 18, 2023
U.S. soybean futures clawed back early losses and ended higher on Monday on good U.S. export demand and after Argentina's new government said it would raise export taxes on soymeal and soyoil in the world's supplier of the soy products.

Container ships pass through locks on the Panama Canal in this file photo. (CIA.gov)
Markets

Panama Canal drought to delay grain ships well into 2024

Wait times more than doubled between October and late November, prompting some shippers to reroute

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Reuters December 11, 2023
Bulk grain shippers hauling crops from the U.S. Gulf Coast export hub to Asia are sailing longer routes and paying higher freight costs to avoid vessel congestion and record-high transit fees in the drought-hit Panama Canal, traders and analysts said.


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