Chicago wheat fell on Tuesday from peaks not seen since December, while corn eased from four-month highs as investors gauged the impact of harsh weather in some major production zones.
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U.S. grains: Chicago grains back off highs on weather outlook, USDA data
U.S. grains: Wheat resumes fall after rain, soy up on technical trading
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) benchmark wheat futures fell on Wednesday after ticking up in the early session as much-needed rainfall reaches key wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Plains and southern Russia.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as soyoil plummets; wheat, corn sag
U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday as falling soyoil prices dragged down the soy complex amid weak demand, deliveries against the May futures contract and market uncertainty, traders said.
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Occasional plumes of smoke from distant wildfires may affect human comfort — but how does a smoke-obscured sun and poor air quality affect crops? “This has been a big topic of conversation where I work in the state of Indiana,” says Dan Quinn, an assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as Russian rain forecast spurs profit taking
Chicago benchmark wheat futures WN24 fell more than two per cent on Monday, snapping a seven-session rally, as the crop outlook in top exporter Russia improved on forecasts for rain, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat climbs with dry weather fears continuing
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures hit highs not seen since January for a second day, as anxiety over dry weather conditions persisted for top exporter Russia.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures continued their steady climb on Wednesday, as dry weather raised concerns in key growing regions and Russian attacks in the Black Sea area threatened to disrupt supply chains.
U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally as US crop rating fall keeps weather in focus
Chicago wheat surged to a two-month high on Tuesday as a decline in U.S. winter wheat conditions focused attention on weather risks to northern hemisphere crops.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally as weather risks rattle markets
U.S. wheat futures rallied to their highest point in more than two months before the session closed on Monday as crop weather concerns in the Northern Hemisphere supported prices and triggered technical buying and short covering, which accelerated the climb, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures rally on bargain buying, geopolitical tensions
U.S. corn and soybean prices rose on Friday as heightened geopolitical tensions spurred a round of bargain buying after the benchmark contracts in both markets fell to their lowest levels in more than six weeks, traders said.
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