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Wheat market dives to a close
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The CME Group wheat market closes sharply lower, pulling down corn and soybeans Wednesday. The Dec corn futures settled 3 34/ cents lower at $4.62 1/2. The Nov ...
Thomas Elwood: Early livestock commentary
By: Mike McGinnis
Showlists are larger in the south and a bit smaller in the north; overall numbers are up on the week. Packers have opened with bids of $96.00-$96.50 live and $152 dressed. Feedlots are still ...
Wheat futures prices don't match cash
By: Dow Jones Newswires
Farmers Don't Earn The Cash That Wheat Futures Imply
U.S. wheat exports are booming thanks to a surge in global prices. Farmers in parts of Kansas, however, aren't seeing much extra bread in their ...
Early calls for corn, wheat, and soybeans
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Wednesday, September 8, 2010 are lower. The early calls for corn, soybeans and wheat are 1-2 cents lower.In ...
The CME Group soybean market soars
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--CME Group soybean prices surged higher Tuesday, corn finished slightly above zero. The Dec corn futures closed 1 3/4 cents higher at $4.66 1/4. The Nov. soybean ...
Early calls for corn, wheat, and soybeans
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Tuesday, September 7, 2010 are lower. The early calls for corn are 5-6 cents lower, soybeans 2-4 lower and ...
Spec commodity trading seen surviving rule changes
By: Dow Jones Newswires
DJ Speculative Commodity Trading Seen Surviving Law Limiting Banks Role
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-Speculative investors are likely to remain a
force in commodities markets despite signs that the big banks are ...
Bryan Doherty: Early harvest feedback
By: Agriculture.com Staff
The warm and dry August weather has helped push the corn crop ahead of schedule. Consequently, farmers are in the field harvesting sooner than usual. This is especially true in southern parts of the Midwest ...
Rich Nelson: A tightening of supplies
By: Agriculture.com Staff
The trade did not see the Russian agriculture ministry correct Prime Minister Putin’s comments from Thursday. A larger portion of the trade will now believe Russia may actually ban exports of grain through ...
Roy Smith: Seasonal highs, cash vs. futures
By: Roy Smith
It is normal to see a seasonal high in the soybean futures market either just before or just after the September crop report. My rule of thumb is to sell cash soybeans the day before the September crop report ...
Tim Hannagan: Three interesting days
By: Agriculture.com Staff
We're at a very interesting point of the year in grains. Harvest is beginning so were equally hearing as much bullish yield news as bearish. The Bears talk of the miracle of biogenetic seeds while ...
Grains close sharply higher
By: Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--The CME Group grain markets stage a pretty impressive rally to close sharply higher Friday. Pre-report positioning and strong demand support markets.The Dec corn futures ...
Early calls for the corn, soybean, and wheat markets
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Friday, September 3, 2010 are higher. The early calls for corn are 1-2 cents higher, soybeans 2-4 higher and ...
Ron and Sue Mortensen: Early harvest
By: Ron and Sue Mortensen
The calendar has rolled over to September and some things are feeling different. The days are shorter, the soybeans are turning, the corn is maturing. Crop progress is distinctly different than ...
CME Group grain markets close higher
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--At mid-session, the CME Group grain markets trade mostly lower, wheat remains higher Thursday.At mid-session, the Dec corn futures are 1 3/4 cents lower at $4.45. The Nov ...
Ray Grabanski: Corn is king?
By: Mike McGinnis
While wheat and soybeans continue to languish in its recent ranges for prices, with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type trading back and forth, the corn continues to march higher in a steady manner, with no ...
Update: Russia grain export ban
By: Dow Jones Newswires
DJ UPDATE:Russia Wont Lift Grain Export Ban Before Next Harvest-PutinDJ - 5 mins ago(Adds quotes and details)MOSCOW (AFP)--Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia won't lift its ...
Early calls for the corn, soybean, and wheat markets
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Thursday, September 2, 2010 are higher. The early calls for corn are 1-2 cents higher, soybeans 2-4 higher ...
Corn closes at $4.46
By: Mike McGinnis
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The CME Group grain markets close mostly higher, soybeans being the only laggard Wednesday. The outside markets provide significant underpinning for the grains, traders ...
Tim Hannagan: USDA seen raising export projections
By: Agriculture.com Staff
We started the week's reports with our weekly export inspection report. This report is important because it's a gauge of demand. We have two reports each week that the government informs us ...
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