Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Monday, hitting nine-month highs on worries about crop losses in top-exporter Russia after multiple nights of frosty weather in key regions.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 9-month highs on Russian crop losses
U.S. grains: Corn climbs as USDA projects US stocks below expectations
Chicago corn futures advanced on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected U.S. stockpiles of the grain below market expectations.
U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as frosts cause state of emergency in Russia
Chicago wheat futures rose on Thursday as Russia declared a state of emergency in key grain-growing regions due to frosts, while soybeans and corn fell ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture supply-and-demand report due on Friday.
Too many tractors: As boom times fade, farm equipment piles up
Falling crop prices are leaving American agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. To cope with the surplus, dealers are discounting machines, suspending new orders, and even auctioning off equipment at reduced prices.
U.S. grains: CBOT grains, soybean futures end lower ahead of USDA reports
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday despite weather risks in top exporter Russia, highlighting the size of its supply as the country continues to dominate global export markets.
U.S. grains: Chicago grains back off highs on weather outlook, USDA data
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.
U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn futures extend surge on volatile global weather
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat, soybean and corn futures soared to multi-month highs on Monday on worries about potentially crop-damaging weather in Brazil and Russia. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) July wheat WN24 settled up 26-1/4 cents at $6.48-3/4 a bushel after climbing to $6.50-1/4, its highest level since late December. CBOT July corn CN24 ended up 8-3/4 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn hits 3-month high; soy, wheat climbs on weather
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures rose on Friday to their highest level since January before turning lower and soybeans reached a one-month peak as floods disrupted harvests in top exporter Brazil and disease ate into Argentina’s corn crop, analysts said. Wheat futures hit a one-week high on renewed concerns over dry weather in Russia, the world’s biggest […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures turned higher for a seventh trading day on Friday on a weather driven surge that pushed the most-active wheat contract on a continual chart Wv1 to prices not seen since December. Soybean futures inched down, and corn stayed fairly flat, as traders watched for U.S. planting delays as […] Read more
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.
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