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U.S. grains: Wheat up 1.6 per cent in bounce from contract lows

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose 1.6 per cent on Monday, bouncing off the previous session’s contract lows on bargain-hunting and short-covering ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report. Soybeans and corn also climbed in largely technical buying ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply/demand report due on Tuesday. At the […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Wheat falls to five-month low on dollar, big supplies

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell to their lowest nearby price in five months on Thursday, pressured by the stronger dollar and huge global supplies. Soybeans fell for the fourth straight session on bleak export prospects in the face of stiff competition, traders said. Corn finished slightly higher. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat dropped […] Read more



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U.S. grains: Soybeans drop for third day

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday as the end of a truckers’ strike in Brazil and easing concerns about a farmers’ protest in Argentina reduced fears of major South American export disruptions. Wheat fell under the combined pressure of a stronger dollar, which makes U.S. grain […] Read more