Archive for the May 7, 2017
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Soyabean growers in Brazil's top-producing state of Mato Grosso are unlikely to increase planting area in the 2017/18 season, farmers said, citing uncertainty related to the prices of Brazil's most important export grain. Mato Grosso
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Cash bids for hard red winter (HRW) in the southern US Plains on Thursday were unchanged, but premiums were uneven as demand varied following last weekend's snowstorm in the region, merchants said. Concern that snow-covered
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Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) July wheat futures closed 16-1/4 cents lower on Thursday to $4.37-3/4 per bushel on better-than-expected Kansas wheat tour results, analysts said. Widespread commodity selling from the crude oil and gold
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Export premiums for hard red winter wheat shipped from the US Gulf Coast were steady to firmer on Thursday, supported by good demand for old- and new-crop supplies and by concerns about the quality of
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Coffee export markets were quiet this week with premiums in Vietnam edging down on a rebound in London prices while discounts widened in Indonesia amid a steady supply of bean, traders said on Thursday. The
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ICE Canadian canola futures finished mixed on Thursday, as traders adjusted positions ahead of a report on Canadian supplies. Trade expects Statistics Canada to report on Friday the lowest canola stocks, measured as of March
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Chinese iron ore futures tumbled 8 percent on Thursday, to their biggest single-day fall in more than five months, on concerns that demand for the raw material was at risk from slower steel consumption. Shanghai
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Wheat fields in Kansas, the top US producer of the grain, were above average as crops benefited from good soil moisture, scouts on the annual Wheat Quality Council crop tour said on Thursday. However, scouts
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European wheat futures fell for a second session on Thursday to their lowest in a week as doubts over the scale of crop damage in the United States and Europe encouraged wheat markets to give
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Corn spot basis bids at river terminals in Illinois were steady to lower on Thursday after recent heavy rains caused flooding that hampered barge movement and tempered grain demand from elevators, merchants said. Five miles
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