Corn planting remains behind the normal pace, though a weather window may be opening this week to allow farmers to play a little much needed catch-up. As of Sunday, 6% of the nation's crop was planted vs. the usual 14% for this point in ...
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Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...
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Soybean futures topped out Tuesday above $15/bushel for the first time in quite a while on news that there's a lot of demand for both the oilseed and its oil. The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) announced Tuesday soybean ...
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Corn planting is underway in the U.S. That's the good news. The bad news is as of mid-April, the pace remains painfully slow in most of the country, a veritable rerun of the start to planting season in 2013. While planting is actually ...
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Corn export demand has risen in the last month, and that's likely to push futures prices to a range of about 5 to 15 cents higher than a month ago, according to Wednesday's USDA-NASS World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) ...
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The 2014 corn crop's going to be 4% smaller than 2013, while soybean acres will grow, according to Monday's USDA-NASS annual Prospective Plantings report. Those numbers were immediately bullish, but those bulls didn't run far. And now, ...
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USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
This year's spike of U.S. liquified propane (LP) prices has been blamed on increased grain drying, harsh winter weather, low supplies and exports. But, the increased amounts of product being exported, while many U.S. LP users struggle to ...
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On Wednesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start weaker. The early calls for the commodities on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, are lower. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents lower, soybeans 4-6 cents lower, and ...
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On Friday,the CME Group's corn,soybean and wheat markets are expected to start lower.Although,strong export sales could push soybeans higher. The early calls for the commodities on Friday,January 24,2014,are lower.Corn is seen opening 2-4 ...
On Thursday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start higher. The early calls for the commodities on Thursday, January 23, 2014, are higher. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents higher, soybeans 3-5 cents higher, ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa --The CME Group soybean market hit hard by improved crop-weather in Argentina finished sharply lower Tuesday. The March corn futures contract settled 1 cents higher at $4.25. The March soybean futures contract closed 36 ...
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On Friday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start lower. The early calls for the commodities on Friday, January 17, 2014, are weaker. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents lower, soybeans 6-8 cents lower, and wheat ...
On Wednesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start mostly weaker. The early calls for the commodities on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, are mostly lower. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents lower, soybeans 1 ...
On Monday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start mostly higher. The early calls for the commodities on Monday, January 13, 2014, are mostly higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents higher, soybeans 5 to 7 ...
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