Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures edged higher on Monday, lifted by investor short-covering and position-squaring ahead of the monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report due on Tuesday. USDA said earlier that top soybean importer China purchased 120,000 tonnes of the grain within 24 hours, while analysts at AgRural
U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report
U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to four-year low, cattle tumble on supply
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hogs fell one per cent to a more than four-year low on Monday, while live and feeder cattle also tumbled as investors liquidated long holdings on signs of plentiful supplies. Hog prices declined in U.S. Midwest cash markets, where pork packers had enough of the animals for their slaughter
U.S. grains: Corn rallies on bargain buying, export demand
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn rose 1.8 per cent on Friday for its biggest daily gain in about two weeks, rebounding from a nearly two-month low on support from short covering and increasing export demand. Wheat and soybean futures were mixed in light volume, with bargain buying supporting some contracts even as worries of
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on soymeal tumble, NOPA data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans reversed earlier gains to fall two per cent on Thursday, pressured by a steep downturn in soymeal futures and smaller-than-expected private crushing data. Wheat futures extended their worst downturn in six months on lacklustre export demand while corn was little-changed after falling to a five-week low in the previous
U.S. grains: Corn falls to five-week low on big ethanol supply, technicals
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn fell one per cent on Wednesday, extending declines from the past two sessions to the largest in 1-1/2 years on pressure from chart-based selling and ballooning supplies of grain-based ethanol. Wheat had its sixth straight down day, pulled lower by plentiful global supplies of wheat and corn. Soybeans reversed
U.S. grains: Corn down most since June
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn tumbled the most since June and soybean futures extended declines to a one-month low on Tuesday as plentiful global stockpiles triggered massive liquidation of long positions by investment funds, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade March corn fell more than four per cent as commodity funds sold
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall most since June on big global supplies
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than three per cent on Monday, their largest daily decline since June, after a record supply outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture triggered investment fund liquidation. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were lower on pressure from larger-than-expected global supply forecasts while corn reversed
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall in profit-taking despite smaller USDA stocks outlook
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybeans fell more than one per cent on Wednesday, reversing a one-month high in a profit-taking sell-off following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed smaller-than-expected ending stocks of beans. Corn and wheat futures also eased at the Chicago Board of Trade, with corn hitting session lows in the
U.S. grains: Soy rallies on short-covering, China rate cut
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rallied 1.8 per cent on Friday, pushing prices into positive territory for the week as investors covered short positions and top soy importer China unexpectedly cut interest rates. Corn futures edged lower and wheat mostly higher at the Chicago Board of Trade in a choppy and volatile session amid
U.S. grains: Corn, soy rebound from two-week lows on exports
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures jumped as much as two per cent on Thursday, rebounding from two-week lows reached in the previous session, in a rally tied to technical buying and renewed export demand for the crops. Chicago Board of Trade corn rose for the first time in five sessions, while
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