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U.S. grains: Soy nears 10-year low on trade row, weather

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures plunged to their lowest level in nearly a decade on Tuesday as escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest soy buyer, prompted fund-driven selling, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed broad declines in the commodity sector. Favourable weather in the Midwest bolstered corn and […] Read more







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U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average trade guesses. Total wheat production […] Read more





U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures rally

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for the sixth day in a row on Thursday, with new forecasts calling for extended dryness in the U.S. Plains pushing prices to fresh 7-1/2-month highs, traders said. Soybean futures rallied to a 13-month high on signs of strong export data. Parched soils in Argentina that threatened […] Read more