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Corn Higher
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 8:45am | 56Read More...Corn futures are trading higher Thursday morning. March corn is trading 387 1/2, up 1 3/4 cents. July corn is trading at 403 up 1 3/4 cents. Trading is fairly quiet and steady. Concerns that higher production overseas has led to decreased exports in the U.S. has corn trading range-bound....
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Corn Lower, Wheat Higher
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 3:46pm | 58Read More...Corn Futures ended Wednesday's trading session lower. March Corn settled at 385 3/4, down 2 1/4 cents. July Corn ended the day 2 1/2 cents lower to settle at 401 1/2. Trading was lackluster. Corn traded lower for most of the trading day. March Chicago Wheat ended a back and forth trading session...
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Corn Lower
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 8:35am | 56Read More...Corn futures are trading lower on Wednesday morning. March Corn is trading 385 3/4 , down 2 1/4 cents. July Corn is trading at 401 1/4, down 2 1/2 cents. Trading is fairly quiet and steady. Traders are expected more range-bound trading. Chatter about dollar strength and upcoming planting season...
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Grain Futures lower Tuesday
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 3:40pm | 70Read More...U.S. Grain Futures are trading mostly lower on Tuesday as the trading session winds down. March Chicago Wheat is trading at 522 1/2, down 7 cents. March Kansas City Wheat is down 6 1/2 cents at 557. March Soybeans are down 10 cents at 968 1/2. March Soymeal is trading at 327.2, down 2.4. March...
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UPDATE: Piper Jaffray Upgrades CF Industries
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 11:47am | 194Read More...Brett Wong of Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) on Monday to Overweight from Neutral with a price target raised to $327 from a previous $271. According to Wong, nitrogen nutrient fundamentals appear to be favorable in 2015 and CF Industries is poised to...
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Angie 'Goddess Of Grain' Maguire Converses On Corn
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 11:58am | 418Read More...Angie Maguire is a the vice president of grain for Citizens Elevator, and she thinks the recent rally in corn futures is somewhat surprising -- surprising because of the increased yields over the past couple of months. She joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to explain why. "The USDA...
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Scott Nations Is Bearish On Corn
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 2:34pm | 152Read More...On CNBC's Futures Now, Scott Nations spoke about corn harvest and the impact it could have on corn prices. He said that farmers are doing a great job and will produce a record corn crop this year. The weather has been favorable for most of the year. Nations said it is getting wet and a little bit...
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Agricultural Commodity ETFs Hit New Lows
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 8:40am | 531Read More...While the summer months spur rapid price increases in energy costs, another key indicator of consumer behavior is seeing a wave of deflationary selling pressure. Agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat and soybeans have been in a freefall since peaking in May. The price action of these...
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Dragonfly Capital's Greg Harmon On Watching ETFs
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 9:59am | 406Read More...Greg Harmon, certified market technician, founder and president of Dragonfly Capital, and partner and CIO of Presidium Capital Management recently appeared on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep where he went over his process for following market trends. “The trend is the overriding major market; is what'...
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Beef Prices Are High, Herd Size Is Down -- But That's Only Part Of The Story
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 3:16pm | 549Read More...The headlines have been scary, especially for the carnivores among us -- beef prices are at their highest level in decades and the overall U.S. cattle herd at its smallest since 1951. But industry experts say there's more to those numbers than meets the media's eye. Lance Zimmerman, an analyst...
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Deere Drops After Analyst Tries to Predict the Weather
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:34am | 553Read More...Shares of agricultural equipment manufacturer, John Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE)fell $2.83 (3.12 percent) to $87.74, Wednesday, after Wells Fargo analyst, Andrew Casey, downgraded the stock to Underperform from Market Perform. According to Barron’s, Casey lowered his price target range for Deere...
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Continued Drought in the West and Rain in the East Could Keep Corn Prices High in 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 10:12am | 521Read More...With winter snow still flying in the nation’s heartland, farmers are hard at work repairing corn planters, upgrading and modifying, even adding electronics -- anything that will give them an edge as they try to recover from the drought of 2012. Plans are already in place to plant the most corn...
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Among Agricultural Commodities, Do Not Forget About Sugar
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 3:29pm | 675Read More...The story about corn and its astronomical ascent in recent weeks is by now well-documented. In other words, corn is quickly becoming yesterday's news as some traders start looking for the next big thing among agricultural commodities. Soybeans have that potential. Supply and weather dynamics have...
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Corn Trading Near Record Highs
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:19pm | 269Read More...Corn prices continued to probe record highs Thursday amidst the growing drought across the corn belt in the U.S. Front-month corn futures rose to $810.25 in early Chicago trading as hot weather and little moisture continue to plague large swaths of the United States. They have since pulled back to...
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Amid Corn's Surge, Cotton's Plunge Goes Nearly Unnoticed
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 4:33pm | 560Read More...Even casual participants in the financial markets know that it has been nearly impossible to go a single trading day over the past several weeks without hearing about corn. Google Trends shows search volume for the word "corn" is spiking. The surge in Internet searches on the agricultural...
