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*Analysts see thin trade ahead of Thursday's USDA data. The USDA data, due on Thursday, is widely expected to reveal the tightest stockpile of corn in 15 years but analysts also estimate this year's corn planting to be the highest in 77 years, easing supply concerns.
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May corn shed 0.38 percent to $7.23- 1/ 2 a bushel by 0440 GMT on the Chicago Board of Trade, having shed 6-3/ 4 cents and settled at $7.26- 1/ 4 in the last session. May wheat lost 0.21 percent to $7.28- 1/ 4 a bushel, after closing last week up 1 cent. They had settled at $14.40- 1/ 2 on Friday, down 8-1/ 2 cents per bushel. "
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CHICAGO, March 22- Chicago Board of Trade wheat, corn and soy complex futures eased on Friday on end-of-week positioning after fund buying earlier in the week resulted in solid gains for each commodity.
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CNBC's Jane Wells explain why some people are optimistic about the return of "normal" crop prices this year.
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*Wheat at highest since Feb. 22. Wheat remains very competitive to corn, underpinning its demand as feed, "said Bryce Knorr, senior editor for Farm Futures Magazine."
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*Wheat resumes advance after Cyprus- related slip. I also think they're putting a little premium in ahead of the USDA report next week, "McCambridge said. In its March supply/demand report, the USDA projected the smallest supply of corn in 17 years at the end of summer in the United States, the world's largest supplier.
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AMSTERDAM/ SINGAPORE, March 19- U.S. soybeans edged higher on Tuesday, after five sessions of losses on concerns over crop-threatening frost in Argentina's farm belt and shipping delays in Brazil.
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*Wheat resumes advance after Cyprus- related slip. I also think they're putting a little premium in ahead of the USDA report next week, "McCambridge said. In its March supply/demand report, the USDA projected the smallest supply of corn in 17 years at the end of summer in the United States, the world's largest supplier.
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*Soy ticks up after losses, Brazil harvest weighs. AMSTERDAM/ SINGAPORE, March 15- U.S. wheat prices eased on Friday after climbing for six consecutive sessions to its highest in two weeks, in a rally sparked by strong demand from exporters and animal feed producers.
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*Uncertainty ahead of March 28 USDA reports limits buying. CHICAGO, March 15- U.S. corn futures eased on Friday from an earlier five-week high while wheat declined for the first time in seven sessions on profit-taking before the weekend.
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*Soybeans slide for third day on South America harvest. CHICAGO, March 14- U.S. wheat futures rose for a sixth straight session on Thursday on robust demand from domestic livestock feeders and exporters, which booked their biggest weekly sales in two years last week.
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*South American soy supplies flood market. CHICAGO, March 13- U.S. soybean futures tumbled for a second straight day on Wednesday on slowing global demand for the remnants of last autumn's U.S. harvest as South American supplies begin to flood the market.
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*U.S. soy demand slows as S. American supplies flood market. CHICAGO, March 13- U.S. soybean futures tumbled for a second straight day on Wednesday on slowing global demand for the remnants of last autumn's U.S. harvest as South American supplies are beginning to flood the market.
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Wheat futures rose modestly while soybeans drifted lower in light trading, pressured by a lack of fresh export buying by top importer China. " Cash is strong and there will be a squeeze in May and July because of that- we will be short of corn, "said Joe Bedore, CBOT floor manager for trade house INTL FCStone.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with Stan Bedows, Rand Financial Services, about the latest USDA report and what it indicates about future grain prices.
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KANSAS CITY/ CHICAGO, March 7- Short supplies of U.S. corn are causing ethanol makers to look at alternatives to the high-priced feedstock, with everything from wheat to sugar under consideration as a possible substitute. " You'd be crazy not to, "said Bob Dinneen, president and chief executive of the Renewable Fuels Association."
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CHICAGO, March 6- Leading U.S. ethanol maker POET Biorefining, in a rare move, is bidding for soft red winter wheat at an Indiana facility as supplies of corn, the main feedstock in ethanol production, shrink to the smallest in 17 years.
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*Traders await Friday's USDA forecasts. "Every time you turn on the news, you see moisture falling somewhere, so it's hard to be bullish right now," said Jason Roose, an analyst for U.S. Commodities. Chicago Board of Trade March wheat dropped 2.9 percent to $6.76- 1/ 4 a bushel, the lowest close for a nearby contract since June.
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NEW YORK, March 6- Oil prices fell on Wednesday, a day after posting their biggest gains since December, after worries about creeping U.S. crude stockpiles, and grains markets slumped as heavy snows relieved dryness in America's crop belt.
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March 6- Leading U.S. ethanol maker POET Biorefining, in a rare move, is bidding for soft red winter wheat at an Indiana facility as supplies of corn, the main feedstock in ethanol production, shrink to the smallest in 17 years.