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U.S. grains: Soy hits two-week low on long liquidation

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen January 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Monday, with the front contract hitting a two-week low on long liquidation and improved crop weather for South America, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weaker tone. Chicago Board of Trade March soybean futures settled down 26-1/2 cents at $10.22-3/4

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit up on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer January 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a nine-month high on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session on chart-based and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hog futures also rose at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with feeders reaching the highest levels since August. Trading limits in

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer October 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed more than one per cent on Monday as traders covered short positions following U.S. regulatory data last week showing an unexpectedly large build in bearish wheat bets. Soybean and corn futures both were flat to narrowly mixed in thin-volume trading, with some soybean contracts

Crops, Markets

First U.S. trader convicted of spoofing sentenced to jail

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer, Tom Polansek July 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. judge sentenced futures trader Michael Coscia to three years in prison on Wednesday, a lighter punishment than prosecutors had sought for the first person criminally convicted of the manipulative trading practice of spoofing. Coscia also was sentenced to two years of supervised release from jail, in a case that

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Weather woes support wheat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 14, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a three-week high on Monday, their eighth day of gains over nine sessions, supported by a round of short covering, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures hit their highest since Feb. 4 on concerns that dry weather in the U.S. Plains

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose for the fourth day in a row on Monday, supported by a round of short-covering after regulatory data released on Friday afternoon showed that speculators had built the biggest net short on record in all three commodities. But prices closed well off their session

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Prices rise on short-covering, slow loadings in Brazil

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer February 16, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 1-1/2-week high on Tuesday while wheat and corn each gained about one per cent, boosted by investor short-covering and a backlog of export loadings at Brazilian ports. Prices rose as trade resumed following a three-day weekend due to Monday’s U.S. Presidents Day holiday. They were

Crops, Markets

USDA grains report catches speculators leaning wrong way

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub January 12, 2016

Washington | Reuters — Grains market speculators who had built massive short positions in recent months were caught leaning the wrong way after the U.S. government cut its corn and soy harvest views, as well as its wheat planting estimate, in reports released on Tuesday. Although the overall fundamental picture remains bleak, the bearish bets

Markets

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds and banks to keep large trades. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to allow financial firms to count their market positions separately from subsidiaries if

Crops, Markets

MF Global officials settle lawsuit for US$64.5M

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel July 8, 2015

New York | Reuters — Jon Corzine and other former MF Global Holdings officials have reached a US$64.5 million settlement of litigation brought by investors seeking to hold them liable for the now-defunct futures brokerage’s 2011 bankruptcy. The all-cash settlement with Corzine, who was MF Global’s chief executive and previously New Jersey’s governor, and nine

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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U.S. grains: Soy hits two-week low on long liquidation

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit up on technical buying

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

First U.S. trader convicted of spoofing sentenced to jail

U.S. grains: Weather woes support wheat

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports corn, soy, wheat

U.S. grains: Prices rise on short-covering, slow loadings in Brazil

USDA grains report catches speculators leaning wrong way

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

MF Global officials settle lawsuit for US$64.5M

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