Hedman’s passes loom large for Lightning in Game Three win
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 3-2 Game Three win over the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals on Monday was defender Victor Hedman’s “coming-out party,”...
View ArticleWheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, June 10 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than 3 percent on Wednesday, on pace for their largest losses in two weeks, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a...
View ArticleCrawford steals spotlight as Blackhawks beat Lightning 2-1
By Michael Hirtzer By Michael Hirtzer (Reuters) – Chicago netminder Corey Crawford stood tall and Brandon Saad scored the winner as the Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to square the Stanley...
View ArticleWheat slips to 1-week low after USDA raises supply outlook
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures extended losses to the lowest levels in a week on Thursday, pressured by gains in the dollar and after the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleU.S. distillers’ grains prices tumble on China cancellation talk
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, June 12 (Reuters) – Prices for U.S. distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) fell more than $15 per short ton this week on chatter that top importer China was...
View ArticleWheat falls to 1-1/2 week low as supply risks ease
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks on Friday, surrendering more gains from a recent rally, weighed down by plentiful supplies...
View ArticleBlackhawks beat Lightning to claim Stanley Cup
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane gave Chicago all the offense they needed as the Blackhawks shut out the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to win their third Stanley Cup in...
View ArticleWeather makes impatient Chicago wait a while for Stanley Cup
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Blackhawks fans waited 77 years for their team to win the Stanley Cup on home ice, and then had to wait just a little bit longer, thanks to an inclement...
View ArticleU.S. Big Corn goes after old foe, sugar, with new lobbying tactic
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – The powerful U.S. corn lobby is launching an unusual offensive against the country’s sugar sector, an old foe in the lucrative sweetener market: seeking to...
View ArticleHungry hogs, cattle gobble up grain during U.S. bird flu outbreak
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – Higher numbers of hogs, cattle and broiler chickens are gobbling up animal feed, eating into supplies that were expected to grow due to the loss of 48 million...
View ArticlePrices cool for ringside seats as Chicago futures floors wind down
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 2 (Reuters) – The cost of membership at Chicago’s famous futures trading exchanges has topped $1 million in the past as traders snapped up the chance for benefits like...
View ArticleU.S. ethanol makers race to expand even with policy uncertainty
By Michael Hirtzer NEW YORK/CHICAGO, July 6 (Reuters) – Some U.S. ethanol producers are racing to bring on capacity, pushing output to fresh highs even as soaring corn prices tighten margins and the...
View ArticleBrazilian corn cargos bound for Southeastern U.S. -traders
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 8 (Reuters) – Cargill Inc next week is likely to load 50,000 tonnes of Brazilian corn bound for the United States, shipping data showed on Wednesday, in what is...
View ArticleCorn holds near 1-year high on tightening supply outlook
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, on pace for their fifth straight session of gains and holding near the highest levels in a year, on...
View ArticleCorn hits 1-year high on supply outlook, U.S. crop conditions
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 13 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures rose on Monday for the fifth straight session, hitting a one-year high on better-than-expected demand and as heavy rains limited the...
View ArticleCorn tumbles from 1-year high on drier U.S. weather outlook
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. corn futures retreated from an earlier one-year high and fell as much as 2 percent on Tuesday on technical selling and forecasts for crop-friendly...
View ArticleCorn, soy fall on fund liquidation, better U.S. weather
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 15 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and soybean futures continued to retreat from multimonth highs on Wednesday, pressured by investment fund selling tied to outlooks for drier...
View ArticleCorn, wheat fall nearly 2 pct on dollar gains, U.S. weather
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 17 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and wheat fell nearly 2 percent on Friday, while soybeans also declined as the dollar climbed and rains provided needed moisture in the western...
View ArticleCorn, wheat fall 1 pct or more on dollar gains, U.S. weather
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, July 17 (Reuters) – U.S. corn and wheat fell as much as 2 percent on Friday, while soybeans also declined as the dollar climbed and rains provided needed moisture in the...
View ArticleChina currency move latest headache for U.S. soy exporters
By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) – China’s surprise currency devaluation is the latest challenge for U.S. soybean exporters already facing their slowest sales pace in seven years as huge South...
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