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Corn, soybean prices turn up
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--After starting lower, the CME Group farm markets have turned higher Thursday.
In early trading, the July futures corn contract is 1 cent higher at $6.59 ...
Corn surges on export sales
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn futures settled higher Wednesday amid concerns that strong demand could shrink already tight domestic supplies.Chicago Board of Trade corn for July delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose ...
Margins favor more ethanol production
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. ethanol production rose 2.1% to 875,000
barrels a day in the week through Friday, continuing the prior week's
trend, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed ...
Corn jumps on ethanol demand
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Increased ethanol demand pushes up CME Group corn prices Wednesday. Spread trading pushes nearby soybeans lower.
At mid-session, the July futures corn contract is trading ...
Planting surge sinks corn futures
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. corn futures settled at a four-week low Tuesday, after a surge in corn plantings last week eased concerns that planting delays this spring could reduce the new crop's output.Corn futures for July ...
Corn, soybeans close mixed
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With the exception of a rally in old-crop soybeans, the CME Group farm markets finished lower Tuesday.
The July futures corn contract closed 9 cents lower at $6.40 ...
Rapid planting: Almost caught up
By: Ray Grabanski
Rapid planting progress of corn, soybeans, and HRS wheat occurred last week as we had a wide-open window of planting opportunity for most of the Corn Belt and northern Plains last week. A record-tying 43% of ...
Weather, tech-buying boost wheat futures
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. wheat futures reversed earlier losses to settle higher Monday, boosted by technical buying and threats to U.S. production.Chicago Board of Trade July wheat futures settled up 2 cents or 0.3% at $6.85 1/4 ...
Grains continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
By: Darrel Good
Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply beginning in July 2012 as U.S. drought conditions unfolded. It was generally expected that prices would follow the pattern experienced in other "short crop” years ...
New corn, old beans close higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The spreading of old crop vs. new crop contracts pushed the corn and soybean markets to a two-sided finish Monday.
Also, new-crop contracts felt the pressure from a ...
Traders 'bull' spread soybeans
By: Rich Nelson
New news to trade was lacking today, but that didn’t stop the bean market bulls from buying. The July beans finish the week on a strong note as the July contract took out the 200-day moving average and had a ...
Soybeans surge on supply worries
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures settled higher Friday, with the spot July contract setting a fresh nine-week high on worries about tight near-term supplies.Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for July delivery, the most ...
Farming and marketing in retirement
By: Roy Smith
When I became eligible for Social Security, in 2004, I made the decision to continue to farm the land Sharon and I owned or had interest in. This meant giving up several rented farms and liquidating all of the ...
Planters rule the market?
By: Mike McGinnis
As the end of April approached, all the talk was about how slow the U.S. corn planting pace was developing. As the calendar turned to the month of May, the planting pace eventually hit the slowest rate on ...
Old corn, soybeans end sharply higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Old-crop corn prices and soybeans finish stronger, as the market remains nervous about tight supplies Friday.
The July futures corn contract closed 11 cents higher ...
Farm markets lean higher
By: Mike McGinnis
The CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start higher Friday.
The early calls for the commodities on Friday, May 17, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents higher ...
Weather sinks corn, demand surges soybeans
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. soybean futures settled higher Thursday, with the spot July contract hitting a seven-week high on concerns about tight near-term supplies.Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for July delivery, the most ...
Quiet market week
By: Ron and Sue Mortensen
This workweek has turned into the first active workweek for Corn Belt farmers, with hit-and-miss activity giving way to widespread planting progress. The goal is clear -- get as much done as possible before ...
Soybean ends up double-digits
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--Farmer-selling, improved U.S. corn planting combined to push the CME Group corn market lower. Meanwhile, tight supply concerns pushed up soybean priceds Thursday.
The July ...
Wheat leads grains lower Wednesday
By: Dow Jones Newswires
U.S. wheat futures stayed lower as trading ended Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and expectations for wheat supplies to be adequate.Chicago Board of Trade July wheat futures settled down 17 cents, or ...
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