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Michael Hirtzer reports on commodity markets for Reuters from Chicago.


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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps on record-large export cancellations

By Michael Hirtzer April 30, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell as much as two per cent on Thursday, capping its second straight monthly decline on pressure from improving crop conditions in the southern […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

By Michael Hirtzer April 29, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains jumped as much as one per cent on Wednesday, with corn rebounding from a six-month low and wheat from a nearly five-year low on […] Read more


(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

By Michael Hirtzer April 28, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the […] Read more

(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall to six-month lows on weather

By Michael Hirtzer April 27, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and wheat futures fell on Monday to their lowest levels since October, on outlooks for speedy corn plantings in the U.S. Midwest and crop-friendly […] Read more

(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds ahead of USDA reports

By Michael Hirtzer March 27, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat climbed as much as two per cent in a bargain-buying bounce on Friday, rebounding after three sessions of steep declines that dragged futures into […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat down most in nearly two years on dollar rebound

By Michael Hirtzer March 26, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures reversed early gains to turn lower on Thursday on pressure from a higher dollar, with wheat’s three-session decline of more than […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast, corn hits three-week high

By Michael Hirtzer March 25, 2015
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and forecasts for rains needed in the parched southern U.S. Plains growing […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after rally as rain monitored

By Michael Hirtzer March 24, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after the previous session’s five-week high and extended weather outlooks showed […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
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U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rise on weak dollar, short-covering

By Michael Hirtzer March 23, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures climbed one per cent or more on Monday, extending gains from late last week as the dollar weakened and investors […] Read more

(Lisa Guenther photo)
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U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-week low on Brazil strike pause, harvest

By Michael Hirtzer March 3, 2015
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to a one-week low on Tuesday in a technical selloff sparked by a weakening truckers strike in Brazil and the advancing harvest of […] Read more

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