Chicago wholesale gasoline prices rise on BP Whiting refinery fire
By Michael Hirtzer , Aug 28 (Reuters) – Wholesale gasoline prices surged in Chicago on Thursday after a fire hit a piece of equipment used to produce gasoline at BP Plc’s refinery in nearby Whiting,...
View ArticleWheat falls 1 percent on fund selling, Ukraine shipments
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – U.S. grains fell on Tuesday, with wheat futures down more than 1 percent on pressure from plentiful global supplies and selling by investment funds on the...
View ArticleCorn, soy tumble to contract lows on record U.S. yield prospects
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 3 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybean futures fell as much as 3 percent on Wednesday after the government unexpectedly lifted condition ratings for the crops and analysts...
View ArticleCorn, soy fall to 4-year lows ahead of record harvests
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybeans futures fell more than 1 percent to their lowest levels in four years on Thursday in a technical selloff sparked by the looming...
View ArticleSoybeans, corn hit 4-year lows on record supplies; wheat erases gains
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 22 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soy futures tumbled to four-year lows on Monday, pressured by favorable weather for record harvests in the United States and a rising...
View ArticleU.S. soybean cash premiums collapse on record harvest
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Cash prices for U.S. soybeans have dropped by as much as $5 per bushel since last week as processors have slashed historically high bids for the beans...
View ArticleUS river freight system near breaking point as huge harvest looms
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 25 (Reuters) – With a record U.S. harvest just coming in, the river transportation system that is at the heart of the nation’s farm economy is overstrained by rising...
View ArticleCorn, soy at fresh 4-year lows on accelerating US harvest
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 26 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybeans extended losses to reach fresh four-year lows on Friday as weather conditions remained ideal for record harvests in the Midwestern...
View ArticleCorn, soy rebound after multiyear lows on record U.S. harvest
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 29 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybeans edged higher on Monday, rebounding from their multiyear lows reached earlier in the trading session amid the advancing harvest of...
View ArticleSoybeans set for biggest quarterly loss in 6 years on supply pressure
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. soybeans eased 1 percent on Tuesday, giving back most of their gains from the previous session and heading for their biggest quarterly loss in six...
View ArticleCorn, soy rebound on short-covering after multiyear lows
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 1 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybeans edged narrowly higher on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after prices fell to multiyear lows earlier in the session...
View ArticleSoy falls on big yields, heads for gain on harvest delays
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. soybeans edged lower on Friday, losing ground for the first time in three sessions on pressure from impressive yield results during the early days of...
View ArticleSoybeans trim gains after short-covering surge
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – U.S. soybean futures pared gains after rising to a nearly two-month high on Tuesday after a rally fuelled by soaring soymeal prices sparked a round of...
View ArticleSoymeal jumps 7 pct on rail woes, record export demand
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – U.S. soymeal surged 7 percent on Wednesday, increasing this week’s gains to the largest in six years as a slow start to a record soybean harvest coupled...
View ArticleSoymeal eases on profit-taking on way to best month since 1976
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – U.S. soymeal futures fell 2.7 percent on Thursday, heading for their biggest daily losses in two months as investors locked in profits after prices for...
View ArticleSoymeal heads for biggest monthly gain since 1976 on tight supply
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Oct 31 (Reuters) – U.S. soymeal shrugged off early losses to gain 2 percent on Friday, on course for its biggest monthly gain since 1976, as short-term supply strains in the...
View ArticlePasta prices on the boil after global durum crop disappoints
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO/LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Pasta lovers are not savoring the lowest wheat prices in years. This year’s wheat harvest was the biggest ever, but the durum crop – the type of...
View ArticleSoybeans rally on record exports, big U.S. crush
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – U.S. soybeans trimmed early losses and turned higher on Monday after government and private reports showed larger-than-expected demand for the beans from...
View ArticleCorn down most in 2 months as record harvest nears completion
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) – U.S. grain and soybean futures eased on Tuesday, with corn on pace for its worst slump in nearly two months as investors took profits and record-large...
View ArticleEthanol tumbles 7 pct on near-record U.S. production
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, Nov 19 (Reuters) – U.S. ethanol futures tumbled more than 7 percent on Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration pegged production of the grain-based biofuel...
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