Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures surged 4.2 percent to a 7-1/2-week high on Tuesday as a report on crop conditions and a tour of key growing areas in the Midwest raised concerns that the size of the U.S. harvest will fall below expectations. The potential for reduced yields in the fall also sparked […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as crop concerns rise; wheat follows higher
U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent
Chicago corn futures firm
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 2.2 per cent on Monday, supported by hopes for a pick-up in the pace of exports as farmers in top global consumer China struggle with hot and dry weather that is expected to reduce the size of the crop there. “It appears that exporters […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall; corn rises; wheat eases as Ukraine trade watched
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday for the fourth session of the last five, pressured by forecasts for spotty Midwest rains that could boost the health of it crop as it passes through key development periods, traders said. “Last year taught us that crops can survive (and even thrive) on minimal, […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures firm
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile exchange live cattle futures firmed to their highest in more than three months on Friday, while hog futures edged back toward the 13-1/2-month high hit on Wednesday. CME August live cattle futures LCQ2 settled 0.175 cent higher at 137.875 cents per lb, with the front-month contract LCc1 hitting its highest since April 29 during the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit six-month low, soy weak, corn ends firm
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday, touching a six-month low with traders saying that newly harvested supplies were able to meet the current global demand. Soybean futures also were weaker, with the latest weather outlooks calling for better weather during key development periods for the U.S. crop. “The […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures hit highest since late April
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest in more than three months on Wednesday, supported by concerns that supplies of higher end cuts of meat will tighten in the coming weeks, traders said. CME August live cattle futures LCQ2 settled 1.325 cents higher at 137.9 cents per lb […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low
Corn, soy firm on U.S. weather outlook
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures tumbled to a five-month low on Friday, with hopes for a pick-up in exports from war-torn Ukraine threatening the recent gains made in demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures firmed again, their seventh gain in the last eight sessions, on concerns about hot […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend losing streak
Soybeans weak, corn firm
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for the fourth straight day on Thursday on optimism about a deal that could lead to the resumption of Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports, traders said. Corn futures rose for the sixth time in seven sessions on growing concerns about hot weather stunting crop development in the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise
Chicago wheat ends weaker
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures gained 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, supported by concerns that hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest could cut into harvest yields, traders said. Soybean futures also were firm, recovering from sharp declines after the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures rise on bargain buying; wheat falls
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, snapping a streak of four negative sessions, on a round of bargain buying and short covering, traders said. “Prices appear to have stabilized at current levels,” Tomm Pfitzenmaier, analyst for Summit Commodity Brokerage, said in a note to clients. “Traders that sold all week will […] Read more
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