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Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News

By Ian Berry OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (DOW JONES)– Supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday were considered bullish for Chicago Board of Trade corn and neutral for both soybeans and wheat, traders said. The highlight of the reports, traders said, was a surprising cut in both old-crop and new-crop… read more

Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News

WHEAT – Down 1 to 3 cents per bushel. Plentiful supplies, firm dollar expected to weigh on prices early. Traders said the market was trying to consolidate after the July contract fell to a new low on Thursday. CORN – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Weaker-than-expected export sales, good crop weather around U.S.… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls

WHEAT – Up 5 to 7 cents per bushel. Short-covering, a weak dollar and rebound in equities markets lending support to wheat futures. CORN – Up 3 to 5 cents per bushel. Support from news China may import more U.S. corn, a weak dollar, higher crude oil and a rebound in equities markets. SOYBEANS –… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls

WHEAT – Down 2 to 3 cents per bushel. Pressure from firm dollar and falling equities as market continues to deal with uncertainty about the eurozone economy. Also pressure from a turn to warmer U.S. crop weather which will help boost production prospects. CORN – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Pressure from a… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls

WHEAT – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. * Pressure from firm dollar and falling equities amid mounting concern about the euro zone financial crisis. Plentiful supply of wheat also weighs. * Neutral reaction to USDA’s weekly export sales report. CORN – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. * Pressure from a turn… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls

WHEAT – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Hesitant buying of wheat futures as equities and gold sag after Germany’s decision to ban naked short sales of certain financial instruments. CORN – Up 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Support from talk China bought two cargoes of U.S. corn and news from USDA that… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News

WHEAT – Up 3 to 5 cents per bushel. Following corn higher on news China bought U.S. corn. Investors also seeking safe-haven buys, including gold and grains, on continued worries about financial woes in Greece and the euro zone. CORN – Up 5 to 7 cents per bushel. Supported by news China bought U.S. corn… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News

By K.T. Arasu CHICAGO, May 9 (Reuters) – Investors will get a strong dose of fundamental trading points in grains this week from a set of government data expected to point to growing stockpiles of corn and soybeans in the United States. The possibility of damage to the corn crop from freezing temperatures that were… read more

Futures Broker / Grain News

WHEAT – Down 1 to 3 cents per bushel. Slow exports of U.S. wheat and plentiful global stockpile of wheat continues to act as an anchor on the wheat market. Some underlying support due to fact wheat market is loaded wit short-sellers, leading to occasional bouts of short-covering rallies. CORN – Up 1 to 2… read more

Futures Broker/ Soybean News

By Andrew Johnson Jr. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Soybean futures are expected to start Thursday’s day session with a mixed undertone, as support from solid demand and uncertain crop potential battle the bearish influence of outside markets. Futures are garnering underpinning strength from the uncertainties surrounding the 2010 planting season and a tight… read more