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By Whitney McFerron and Luzi Ann Javier, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Corn fell in Chicago and soybeans swung between gains and losses on speculation that drier weather will allow U.S. farmers to speed up planting after a report showed fieldwork is progressing the slowest since the 1980s.
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By Jeff Wilson and Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Corn jumped the most in 10 months, gaining the maximum allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade, as rain and frigid weather slowed the pace of planting in the U.S., the world’s top exporter.
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By Tony C. Dreibus and Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 23, 2013
The coldest start ever to the wheat-growing season in Kansas and freezing weather across the southern Great Plains are compounding damage to U.S. crops already hurt by the worst drought since the 1930s.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2013
Former MF Global Inc. broker Evan Brent Dooley was sentenced to 5 years in prison for making unlawful unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures firm to lose more than $141 million in 2008.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2013
The record collapse in U.S. corn exports and shrinking domestic demand are leaving more grain in silos, spurring a bear market just eight months after drought drove prices to an all-time high.
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By Supunnabul Suwannakij and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Bloomberg |
April 1, 2013
Corn futures headed for a bear market, falling to the lowest price since July, on signs of ample supplies in the U.S., the world’s top grower and exporter. Wheat reached a nine-month low, and soybeans tumbled.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
March 28, 2013
Corn plunged the most since May, sparking a slump in soybeans and wheat, after the government said U.S. inventories were bigger than analysts forecast and that farmers will plant the most since 1936.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Corn supplies in the U.S., the biggest grower, are shrinking at the fastest pace in almost four decades as improving demand from ethanol refiners drains reserves already diminished by drought.
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By Brian K. Sullivan |
March 21, 2013
Oil, gasoline and copper fall on conflicting economic data, while gold climbs.
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By Luzi Ann Javier, Bloomberg |
March 19, 2013
Farmers from Australia to Europe to the U.S. are poised to reap the second-largest wheat crop on record as fields recover from drought and heat waves, boosting global stockpiles for the first time in four years.
