Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: grain, soy futures drop on milder US weather, with eyes on Black Sea

Jul. 28, 2023 at 2:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures fell to their lowest prices in more than a week on Friday on hopes that U.S. crop weather will improve and Russia will ease its attacks on Ukraine’s grain facilities, analysts said. Technical selling added pressure to prices. […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures mixed; feeders boosted as corn slumps

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Grain, soybean futures slide as investors shed risk

Jul. 27, 2023 at 3:09 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide sharply on promise of rain, yield potential

Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly update: U.S. Fed decision one of many factors

Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: wheat pares gains after 5-month top; corn, soybeans retreat

Jul. 25, 2023 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures Wv1 pared gains after setting five-month highs on Tuesday after Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure raised concerns about long-term global supplies and triggered a round of fund short-covering, analysts said. The wheat market pared gains and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land

Jul. 25, 2023 at 12:22 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters – The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs after Russia withdrew from a U.N.-backed Black Sea grain deal, EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Tuesday. Solidarity lanes are rail and road transport connections […]

By Geert De Clercq Julia Payne

U.S. grains: wheat soars daily limit as Russia attacks Ukrainian grain ports

Jul. 24, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures surged 8.6% on Monday, rising their daily maximum at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) after Russia attacked Ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure, including the first attack on Danube River grain warehouses. The attacks targeted a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. Grains: wheat futures drop, corn weak, soybeans mixed

Jul. 21, 2023 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures dropped 4.1 per cent on Friday, with traders locking in profits from a rally sparked by escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war that raised the prospects of export disruptions from the two key global suppliers. Corn futures also were weaker, pressured by forecasts that showed more […]

By Mark Weinraub

Rain in China’s northeast brings relief for corn, drought risk remains

Jul. 21, 2023 at 1:30 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters – Recent rainfall in China’s northeastern breadbasket has relieved drought across most of the region, an agriculture ministry official said Friday, but risks remain with the El Nino weather pattern potentially bringing more extreme weather this summer. China is the world’s second-biggest corn producer and about 40 […]

By Andrew Hayley Qin Ningwei