Mark Weinraub

U.S. wheat futures fell 1.1 per cent on Monday, hitting new contract lows because of plentiful global supplies and a wave of technical selling, traders said. Corn futures also fell, but soybeans firmed on bargain buying following a weak start. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat notched the biggest loss, with the ample […] Read more

U.S. soybean futures dropped 1.1 per cent on Monday, their biggest decline in more than two weeks, weighed down by profit-taking and weakness in the soymeal market. Wheat also fell on a setback from recent highs but corn edged higher, with bargain buyers stepping in to lend support after prices staked out a fresh three-year […] Read more

U.S. corn and wheat futures rose on Tuesday, with wheat gaining the most in more than a month, supported by bargain seekers and technical buying, traders said. Soybean futures fell for the third time in four sessions, pressured by concerns about a slackening of export sales. Traders said investors were stepping back from the bullish […] Read more

U.S. soybean futures rose to a two-week high on Friday after the government predicted that stronger global demand would soak up more of the bumper crop than had been expected this year, traders said. Corn futures firmed, their first positive session since Oct. 29, after the U.S. Agriculture Department’s outlook for a record corn crop […] Read more

U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, hitting a one-week high on strength in the cash markets, signs of strong export demand and spillover support from a rally in soymeal prices, traders said. Corn and wheat futures were soft and mixed, respectively, with traders squaring positions ahead of long-awaited U.S. Agriculture Department production and supply and […] Read more

U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday after four straight sessions of declines, buoyed by strength in the cash market and by harvest slowdowns, traders said. Corn and wheat futures weakened, setting new lows, on expectations that a huge corn harvest will lead to a glut of grain in the U.S., traders said. Corn has fallen […] Read more

U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent to their lowest in nearly six weeks on Tuesday due to improving crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and declining demand on the export market, traders said. Soybeans and corn also fell, with corn charting a fresh three-year low and soybeans notching their lowest since February 2012. Expectations […] Read more