Chicago soybean futures sank for a second consecutive session on Wednesday as the prospect of rain in Brazil eased worries about drought damaging harvest prospects in the world's top exporter.
U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on improving weather forecast for Brazil
Corn and wheat futures also traded lower
U.S. grains: Soy futures end down as traders eye Brazil weather
Wheat and corn futures advance
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures backpedaled on Tuesday after reaching their highest price in December as traders assessed risks from unfavorable crop weather in Brazil.
U.S. grains: Soybeans finish higher on Brazil weather concerns, global demand
Wheat futures plummeted; corn pressured by spillover weakness
U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as concerns re-emerged that drought conditions in Brazil are having a detrimental effect on crops in the top-producing nation and after the U.S. government announced another export sale.
Funds back adding to shorts in canola after month of covering
Corn traders were on the other side of the market
After a month of covering short positions, fund traders were back adding to their bearish bets to start December, with the net short position in the oilseed growing by roughly 13,000 contracts, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data
U.S. government reported sales of 1,120,000 tons of soft red wheat to China this week
U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday after the Department of Agriculture's updated estimate of Brazil's soybean harvest fell toward the high end of trade expectations, easing concerns about global supplies of the oilseed.
USDA lowers wheat carryout calls, minor adjustments elsewhere
Corn production in Argentina and Brazil left unchanged in new report
Wheat ending stocks in the United States and around the world may be tighter than earlier thought, according to the latest supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Dec. 8.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rally ahead of Argentina’s inauguration of Milei, U.S. export sales
The libertarian president-elect has pledged to dollarize the economy, leading to devaluation rumours
U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday on a fresh round of export sales and the prospect of Argentina's new President Javier Milei devaluing the nation's currency after he takes office over the weekend, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat rises on third day of US sales to China; soy, corn retreat
Corn and soybean were pressured by weather forecasts for Brazil and parts of South America
Chicago wheat pared gains on Wednesday after touching a four-month high following a third straight day of private sales of U.S. wheat to China, the largest wave of Chinese purchases in almost a decade.
U.S. grains and oilseeds trading South American weather/charts
Wheat rallied around Chinese purchases, soybeans came under pressure
The seasonal slowdown in the North American grain and oilseed markets has traders in the Chicago futures taking direction from shifting weather forecasts out of South America, with technical chart signals also at play in the futures heading into the New Year.
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on fresh round of purchases by China
Soybeans ended narrowly mixed as traders monitored Brazil weather; corn rose for fifth straight session
Wheat rose after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed private sales of 198,000 metric tons of U.S. soft red winter wheat to China, the second such sale in as many days. Monday's announcement that China had purchased 440,000 tons of the grain, the largest one-off U.S. wheat export sale to China since at least 2020, added impetus to a recent rally.
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