WHEAT – Up 6 to 7 cents per bushel. Falling dollar and short-covering amid oversold technicals combine to lift wheat futures. * USDA late on Monday said 53 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop had been planted, up from 33 percent a week ago and slightly behind the five-year average of 54 percent. *… read more
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Argiculture Report /Futures Broker
CHICAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department on Thursday pegged U.S. corn stocks as of Sept. 1 at 1.708 billion bushels, above trade for 1.412 billion bushels. Stocks stood at 1.673 billion a year ago. The USDA, in its quarterly grain stocks report, estimated soybean ending stocks on Sept. 1 at 151.1 million… read more
Grain Stocks / Futures Broker
US Sep 1 Stocks: Soybeans 0.151 Bln Bushels, Vs 0.571B US Sep 1 Stocks: Corn 1.708 Bln Bushels, Vs 4.310B Jun 1 US Sep 1 Stocks: Wheat 2.459 Bln Bushels, vs 0.976B Jun 1 USDA US Revised 2009 Soybean Crop 3.359 Bushels USDA 2010 All Wheat Crop 2.224 Bln Bushels; Vs 2.265B Aug… read more
Grain News and Calls / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Down 18 to 20 cents per bushel. Improved crop weather in several important growing areas, including drought-hit Russia, long-liquidation and profit-taking combining to weigh on wheat market. * Improved chances for rainfall in the drought-hit regions of Russia will boost soil moisture and aid germination of newly sown winter wheat. * Favorable weather… read more
Grain News and Opening Calls – Futures News
WHEAT – Up 8 to 10 cents per bushel. Dry weather in Australia, Russia and portions of Argentina, combined with a season-ending frost in Canada that may have harmed some of the immature crop, boosts wheat futures to six-week high. * Frost kills Canada crops, Wheat Board sees quality concerns. * Showers in portions of… read more
Grain News and Opening Calls – Futures Broker
By Tom Polansek Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Wheat prices are poised to end a three-day losing streak on global weather worries and spillover support from a rally to nearly two-year highs in corn. Traders remain nervous about tight world supplies of wheat after a severe drought devastated Russia’s crop this summer and prompted… read more
Opening Grain Calls and News – Futures News
By Tom Polansek Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Soybean prices are poised to start higher Wednesday in an attempt to keep pace with a strong rally in the corn market. Soybean prices have felt spillover support from corn recently as corn has consistently set fresh 23-month highs on worries about disappointing U.S. yields. Soybeans… read more
Grain News and Opening Calls – Futures Broker
WHEAT – Down 3 to 5 cents per bushel. Pressure from news Australia increased its forecast for wheat exports and Russian Prime Minister Putin repeated that Russia would not need to import grain. * Australia ups 2010/11 wheat export forecast 26 percent. * Russia has enough grain, no export until 2011 harvest-PM. * Dry conditions… read more
Grain Opening Calls – Future Broker
WHEAT – Up 8 to 10 cents per bushel. Support from active exports of U.S. wheat as global production declines. A weak dollar also lending support. * High Ukraine wheat prices prevent export to Russia. * Australia heads for biggest wheat crop in 5 years – ACF * Dry conditions continue to hamper winter wheat… read more
Crop Production – Futures News (9/10/2010)
CHICAGO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday reduced its yield forecast for U.S. corn this year to 162.5 bushels per acre from its August estimate of 165.0 bushels after hot, dry weather last month hurt the crop. Traders and analysts polled by Reuters had expected the department to peg the average… read more