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Michael Hirtzer reports on commodity markets for Reuters from Chicago.


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(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

By Michael Hirtzer June 11, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses to the lowest levels in a week on Thursday, pressured by gains in the dollar and after the U.S. Department of […] Read more

(USDA.gov via Flickr)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

By Michael Hirtzer June 10, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent for their largest losses in two weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

By Michael Hirtzer June 9, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as one per cent on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session to a two-month high as investors bet that […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

By Michael Hirtzer June 2, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– Expansion in the U.S. ethanol industry, stuck in neutral for more than a year as the government debated biofuel blending requirements, is now likely to come […] Read more

(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

By Michael Hirtzer May 22, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains and oilseeds fell more than one per cent on Friday, with soybeans tumbling to the lowest levels since October in a broad commodities selloff […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

By Michael Hirtzer May 21, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Thursday, lifted by worries that U.S. rains could reduce grain quality and that dry conditions in […] Read more

Planting corn in south-central Manitoba in May 2014. (Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

By Michael Hirtzer May 20, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to seven-month lows and corn to one-week lows on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for nearly ideal growing conditions for the crops next week. […] Read more

(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

By Michael Hirtzer May 19, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
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U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

By Michael Hirtzer May 18, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat surged more than two per cent to the highest level in a month on Monday as forecasts for rains in the U.S. Plains revived […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
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U.S. grains: Corn falls to lowest since October on rapid plantings

By Michael Hirtzer May 1, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grains shed as much as one per cent on Friday as investors sold off positions on the first day of May amid bearish headwinds of […] Read more

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