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U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rise on crop concerns

Wheat sags from one-month peak

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Monday on expectations that a government report will show crop ratings deteriorated in the past week, underpinning recent forecasts that pegged the harvest below the U.S. Agriculture Department’s latest outlook. A spate of dryness across the U.S. Midwest, combined with a severe wind storm […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Corn retreats from month high on clearer crop outlook

Soybeans ease after seven-month high

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended lower on Tuesday after hitting a five-week high on Monday as higher yields estimated on an annual Midwest crop tour tempered concern about storm damage across the Corn Belt. Soybean futures declined but held near Monday’s multi-month high as concerns over dry Midwest weather offset better-than-expected crop […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soybeans trim back on improved crop conditions

Wheat gains on weaker U.S. currency

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Tuesday, despite renewed exports to China, after the U.S. Agriculture Department issued better-than-expected weekly crop ratings. Corn also eased on better-than-expected crop conditions and favourable U.S. weather as traders eyed record yield potential this fall. The Chicago Board of Trade’s most active soybean contract fell 6-1/2 […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn falls on good crop weather

Chinese demand for U.S. farm products underpinning markets

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for the first time in four sessions on Monday as warm weather and scattered rains across a large swath of the Midwest farm belt bolstered development of the recently planted crop. Soybeans were mostly lower as favourable U.S. weather outweighed support from improving demand from top importer […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn extends slide on crop prospects

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago corn futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday, setting life-of-contract lows as improving crop ratings and benign weather forecasts raised confidence in U.S. harvest prospects, traders said. Wheat rose, with benchmark Chicago wheat rebounding from a three-month low set a day earlier and K.C. and Minneapolis hard wheat […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures extended losses on Tuesday as crops in the U.S. Midwest were poised to benefit from rains, traders said. Technical selling and better-than-expected U.S. Department of Agriculture crop condition ratings added pressure on prices. Showers in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Delta temporarily eased concerns about […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures fall

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, shrugging off signs of further deterioration in already stressed crops, on a round of profit-taking following a rally to multi-year highs, traders said. Corn futures also fell, snapping a streak of seven straight higher closes, on pressure from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s surprise boost to […] Read more

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