Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as focus returns to weather, dollar

Jul. 13, 2023 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures bounced on Thursday on bargain buying after hitting a 2-1/2-year low early in the session while soybeans rose three per cent as traders shifted their focus back to uncertain crop weather and worries about supplies, analysts said. A slump in the U.S. dollar […]

U.S. grains: Corn hits 2-1/2-year low, soybeans tumble over USDA data

Jul. 12, 2023 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bearishly to WASDE report

Jul. 12, 2023 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on supply worries ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 11, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market consolidates at historical highs

Jul. 11, 2023 at 12:11 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soy futures climb ahead of key USDA reports

Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about two per cent on Monday, bouncing off of a one-week low set Friday as traders positioned ahead of monthly crop reports due at midweek from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that are expected to project tighter U.S. supplies of the oilseed, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Fund short position hits six-month low in canola

Jul. 10, 2023 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The speculative short position in ICE Futures canola fell to its smallest level in six months at the beginning of July, as fund traders covered short positions and put on some new longs. That’s according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn drop on improved crop weather

Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as recent welcome rains across the Midwest farm belt, and forecasts for more next week, aided crops that had been suffering under an early season drought. Soybeans, which notched a four-month high on Monday, ended down 1.9 per […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn firms on technicals, short-covering

Jul. 6, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday on technical buying and short covering following a two-week slide that took prices to 2-1/2 year lows. Soybean futures fell in a profit-taking retreat from multi-month highs posted after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly slashed its U.S. plantings […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on weak cash market

Jul. 6, 2023 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Thursday as a weak tone to the cash market and worries about slowing beef demand weighed on prices, traders said. Livestock traders were monitoring cash market activity at Plains feedlots, where fed cattle were lightly bid at $178/cwt, […]

By Karl Plume