KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 – - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday. FUNDAMENTALS * Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended up on Tuesday after touching an eight-month high the previous day, supported by a Greek bailout deal and stronger demand prospects indicated by [...]

February 19, 2012, 9:36 PM EST By Alan Bjerga and Whitney McFerron (Updates Vilsack comment in sixth paragraph, soybean closing price in seventh paragraph.) Feb. 17 — Soybean exporters in the U.S., the world’s top shipper, sold 2.923 million metric tons to China in the biggest one-day deal on record. Prices in Chicago rose to [...]

Published: Feb. 17, 2012 at 6:17 PM CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) – Corn, wheat and soybean futures posted gains Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade as traders focused on increased export demand and a Greek debt deal. Corn was up 2 1/2 to up 5 1/2, soybeans were up 7 1/4 to up 9 [...]

February 18, 2012, 9:10 AM EST By Alan Bjerga and Whitney McFerron (Updates Vilsack comment in sixth paragraph, soybean closing price in seventh paragraph.) Feb. 17 — Soybean exporters in the U.S., the world’s top shipper, sold 2.923 million metric tons to China in the biggest one-day deal on record. Prices in Chicago rose to [...]

February 17, 2012, 11:55 PM EST By Alan Bjerga and Whitney McFerron (Updates Vilsack comment in sixth paragraph, soybean closing price in seventh paragraph.) Feb. 17 — Soybean exporters in the U.S., the world’s top shipper, sold 2.923 million metric tons to China in the biggest one-day deal on record. Prices in Chicago rose to [...]

What follows are opening calls for U.S. grain and oilseed markets. – Soybean futures may open 10 cents to 15 cents a bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade after the government announced sales of the oilseed to China, Don Roose, the president of U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des Moines, Iowa, said in [...]

What follows are opening calls for U.S. grain and oilseed markets. – Soybean futures may open 6 cents to 9 cents a bushel lower on the Chicago Board of Trade on speculation that rains next week will ease dry conditions for crops in Brazil, Chad Henderson, a market analyst with Prime Agricultural Consultants Inc. in [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 – - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday. FUNDAMENTALS * Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to their highest level in over a month, boosted by dry weather concerns in South America, but the prospect of slowing demand due [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 – - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday. FUNDAMENTALS * Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to more-than-a-month high on Tuesday, tracking a rally in U.S. soybeans on investor concern that hot, dry weather in South America could hurt [...]

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 00:21 CHICAGO: US soybean futures rose for a third straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by concerns about Brazil‘s crop prospects and fresh export demand for US supplies, traders said. Wheat and corn futures were lower but pared early declines as soybeans rose to a near four-month high. At the Chicago Board [...]

(02-13) 12:38 PST , (AP) – Soybean prices are rising because of speculation that global supplies will become tighter as demand grows more robust. Soybeans ended up nearly 2 percent Monday. Corn and wheat prices also rose. Investors are encouraged by a government report predicting U.S. soybean inventories will fall by the end of this [...]

Thursday, 09 February 2012 01:05 CHICAGO: Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower on Wednesday in seesaw trade as brokers adjusted positions a day ahead of the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop reports, traders said. * Soybeans erased early gains after the dollar turned higher — a bearish signal for dollar-backed [...]