Friday, August 3, 2007

Soybean, Corn Futures Rise After Forecasts for Dry Weather, Lower Yields

(Bloomberg) -- Soybean and corn futures rose in
Chicago on forecasts for hot, dry weather in Iowa and Illinois,
the U.S.'s two biggest growing states, and a prediction corn
yields will fall.

Forecasters in Europe and the U.S. expect a subtropical
weather system to move into the eastern Midwest next week,
Woburn, Massachusetts-based Meteorlogix LLC said. A European
model predicts the system will bring hotter, drier weather. The
American model shows rains only in the northern Great Plains.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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