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Half of Texas' winter wheat at risk of write-off 5 May 2009
The proportion of the state's winter wheat rated as "very poor" rises to 51%, official data show |
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Morning markets: wheat sidesteps drops in corn 18 Sep 2009
Chicago corn continues to slip, as prospects of a frost wane. However wheat shows small gains, helped by forecasts of lower US winter crop plantings |
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Evening markets: corn cracks on frost doubts 17 Sep 2009
Corn loses 3% as doubts grow of a US frost next week to hamper the bumper Midwest crop. Among soft commodities, coffee hits a five-week high |
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Morning markets: crops mark time amid frost debate 17 Sep 2009
Crops are helped by a weakening dollar to recover from early lows, as doubts grow of an imminent US freeze |
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Evening markets: crops slip as frost doubts set in 16 Sep 2009
Corn gives back most of its gains of the last session, weighed down by farmer selling and feelings that fears of a US frost had been overplayed |
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Morning markets: crops ease as frost risk assessed 16 Sep 2009
Chicago crops give back a little of their huge gains from the last session, as traders gauge just how real the threat is of a Midwest freeze
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Canada's canola stocks to slump to 12-year low 1 May 2009
Canada's inventories of the oilseed will plummet 77% to 600m tonnnes next year thanks to a smaller harvest and extra demand, official data show |
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Frost threat sends Chicago crops soaring 15 Sep 2009
Corn jumps 9%, with soybeans and wheat gaining 4%, as the prospect of a cold front hitting the US Midwest prompts a rash of short-covering |
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Cairo snub sends Paris wheat to three-year low 15 Sep 2009
Wheat falls to its lowest since July 2006 after Egypt goes to Russia for a 240,000-tonne order. But a firm start in Chicago fosters a rebound |
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Morning markets: crops sag as frost risk fades 15 Sep 2009
Chicago farm commodities put in another weak start as talk of an imminent freeze subsides amid bearish news from Australia and China. Palm does better |
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Evening markets: soybeans slump 6% as expiry nears 14 Sep 2009
Chicago's September lot slumps to a five-month low in its dying hours, while other crops post smaller losses. Paris wheat matches a three-year low |
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Morning markets: palm oil drops to seven-week low 14 Sep 2009
Crops get off to a weak start in both Chicago and Kuala Lumpur, undermined by the forecasts of huge American yields in Friday's US global crops report |
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