Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains slumped on Thursday, with wheat futures easing one per cent for the seventh straight session of declines on investor long liquidation tied to favourable weather for crops and cheaper supplies on offer in Europe and the Black Sea region. Wheat futures have fallen sharply from the more than 10-month
U.S. grains: Wheat falls seventh day, corn nears three-month low
U.S. grains: Wheat falls for sixth day; corn, soy rebound
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat fell on Wednesday, extending a week-long decline on investment fund selling tied to favourable conditions for crops in the world’s top producer and exporter. Cheaper grain offered from shippers in Europe and the Black Sea region also weighed on futures for U.S. wheat. Corn was slightly higher but hovering
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat near three-month low on improved weather
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures fell as much as two per cent on Tuesday, with corn and wheat hitting roughly three-month lows, as favourable crop conditions and signs of easing tensions in major export hub Ukraine sparked investor long liquidation, traders said. Bull spreading in Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures
U.S. grains: Wheat hits 14-month high on Plains drought, heat outlook
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged two per cent to their highest levels in more than a year on Friday, bolstered by concerns of drought-reduced production in the southern Plains, where triple-digit temperatures could bake the crop this weekend. Corn extended losses after a tumble on Thursday tied to investor profit-taking and improving
U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on fund liquidation, better U.S. weather
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain futures tumbled on Thursday, with soybeans falling the most since September and corn the most in a month as investors took profits on weather forecasts for improved planting conditions in the U.S. Midwest’s crop belt. Wheat snapped a seven-session streak without a loss to shed two per cent amid
U.S. grains: Corn dips from three-week high as soybeans fall, wheat rises
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn fell on Wednesday, snapping four sessions of gains, as the stockpile of grain-based ethanol hit a nine-month high and meteorologists forecast more favourable conditions for U.S. plantings. Soybean futures also eased, while wheat reversed earlier declines to notch the seventh straight session without a loss at the Chicago Board
U.S. grains: Corn near three-week high on slow planting
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday for their third straight session of gains and neared a three-week high as rains and cold temperatures prevented farmers from planting in much of the Midwestern crop belt, analysts said. Wheat and soybeans also climbed at the Chicago Board of
U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week high on Plains drought conditions
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat rose for the fifth straight session, climbing to a two-week high on Monday on concerns that drought conditions in the southern Plains could cut yields before an annual crop tour this week in the top-growing state of Kansas, analysts said. Corn futures advanced to a nearly three-week high at
Winter rail traffic snarl jams U.S. Midwest ethanol plants
The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews
A winter-long traffic jam on U.S. railways is hampering transport of ethanol, forcing production cuts and ratcheting up prices in supply-deprived regions. The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews, causing snarls in Chicago and other major hubs across the continent and slowing much of the eastbound ethanol
U.S. grains: Wheat falls on forecast for rains, but gains for week
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Friday, pressured by forecasts for rains next week in parched southern Plains growing regions and as investors squared positions ahead of key U.S. planting and stocks data due on Monday. Corn and soybeans were nearly unchanged in subdued trading in the run-up to
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