Grain Markets

(Updates with closing prices, adds details) * Corn up 2 percent on worries about flooding * Excessive rains lend support to soybeans * Wheat firms on late bargain buying By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, June 19 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybean futures rose for the second straight session on Thursday, supported by concerns that heavy

SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures rose for a third consecutive session on Thursday, extending gains over the period to more than 1 percent, as disappointing yield findings from a widely watched U.S. crop tour supported prices. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade front-month wheat rose 0.2 percent to $5.88 a bushel, having

* Poor harvest reports support wheat * Soybeans firm on bargain buying, exports * Corn following wheat higher after hitting four-month low (Updates with U.S. prices, adds new analyst comment, dateline, byline) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) – U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from their lowest in nearly three months on

June 18 (Reuters) – Corn and soybean bids were steady to slightly firmer around the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday in quiet trade as farmers remained reluctant to book crop sales, dealers said. * Soft red winter wheat bids were unchanged in portions of Ohio with harvest still a couple weeks away. * Rain and wet

* Soybeans at lowest since March 24 on supply prospects

SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) – U.S. soybean futures fell for the third straight session on Wednesday to hit a fresh near three-month low as expectations for a bumper crop continued to drag on prices. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade front-month soybeans fell 0.18 percent to $13.95-3/4 a bushel, the lowest since March 24. Soybeans

* Soybeans drop below $14, fund selling noted * Wheat firms after hitting fresh low * Corn, soybeans pressured by U.S. crop conditions (Updates with closing prices) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters) – U.S. soybean futures fell 1.7 percent at the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday, dropping below $14 a bushel for

* Corn under pressure as benign weather boosts U.S. crop

SYDNEY, June 17 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures fell for the second consecutive session on Tuesday to extend losses to 1.5 percent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of the corn crop was the best in 20 years, fuelling expectations for a bumper harvest. FUNDAMENTALS * Chicago Board Of Trade front-month corn

* Wheat hits lowest since late Feb after firm start * USDA crop ratings expected to be bearish for corn, soybeans (Updates with closing prices, adds new quote) By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO, June 16 (Reuters) – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures dropped 1.3 percent on Monday on expectations of a robust U.S. harvest this