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U.S. grains: Soy hits one-month low as soymeal falls

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-month low Monday as soymeal tumbled for a fourth straight session, pressured by long liquidation and easing concerns about a crop shortfall in Argentina, analysts said. Wheat declined in largely technical moves, with traders taking profits after last week’s multimonth highs. Corn followed the weak […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit multimonth highs

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to multimonth highs Thursday on a mix of short-covering and worries about the size of the hard red winter wheat crop in top producer Kansas, traders said. Soybeans rose, staging a late-session rally that some traders attributed to optimism about the outcome of U.S. trade talks with […] Read more


Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday on concerns about decreased export demand from China as well as rising expectations for a bumper crop in Brazil, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed. Soft red winter wheat offerings eased after a rally on Tuesday while hard red winter wheat contracts rose due to […] Read more

A farmer plants corn near Ashland, Ill., northwest of Springfield, on April 14, 2016. (Photo: DMathies/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on weather worries

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a nine-month peak Monday on worries about U.S. Midwest planting delays as more rain is expected across the region this week and dry weather stoked concerns over South American corn production. U.S. wheat futures also rallied as dry conditions stressed winter wheat in the southern Plains […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soymeal leads soybean futures higher

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped 1.7 per cent on Friday, their fourth straight day of gains, on expectations that the U.S. will boost its share of the soymeal export market due to harvest shortfalls in Argentina, traders said. Corn futures firmed, hitting a nine-month high for the third day […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures back away from peaks

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures eased on Thursday on a round of profit-taking following a rally to a nine-month high, with forecasts for improved planting weather in key growing areas also weighing on prices, traders said. “The central and southern Midwest and Delta should finally see an extended stretch of drier weather, lasting […] Read more

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

U.S. grains: Corn hits nine-month high

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rallied to a nine-month peak and wheat rose to its highest in nearly seven weeks on Wednesday, supported by a round of short-covering amid persistent concerns about adverse weather curtailing harvest expectations for both grains, traders said. Soybean futures also were firm, with U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement […] Read more