Soybeans, corn rebound on renewed US export demand
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Soybeans and corn rise on US demand uptick
Favorable US weather to curb gains
Wheat prices drift after rising for two sessions
By Heather Schlitz
CHICAGO, Aug 29 (Reuters) -Chicago soybean and corn futures rose on Thursday on short-covering and an uptick in export demand, though expectations for strong U.S. crop production limited gains, traders said.
Wheat futures, which rose in the two previous sessions, chopped up and down but remained under pressure from a flood of cheap Black Sea exports.
The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade Sv1 gained 10-1/4 cents to $9.87-1/4 per bushel as of 1550 GMT and corn Cv1 added 3-1/4 cents to $3.94 a bushel. Wheat Wv1 was down 1/4 cent at $5.41-1/4 a bushel.
U.S. corn and soybean export sales for the week ended Aug. 22 came in above analyst expectations for 2024/25 sales, indicating that low prices may have renewed demand, traders said.
"The only real news you have around today is on the demand side. Export sales for new crop ticked up, and that's helped underpin the market," Terry Linn, vice president of Linn & Associates, said.
Short-covering also lent support, following recent lows and ahead of the month's end, traders said.
Market players have raised concerns that recent hot, dry weather in the Midwest will dent expectations of bumper U.S. corn and soy crops. However, rainfall and forecasts for milder weather have allayed concerns, traders said.
Uncertainty remains over whether the soybean crop will reach its full potential, expected to be a record, but rainfall has reduced dryness in many areas.
"It's a wait-and-see approach," Linn said.
Reporting by Heather Schlitz in Chicago. Additional reporting by Naveen Thukral and Sybille de La Hamaide. Editing by Rashmi Aich, Barbara Lewis and Rod Nickel
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