Insights and Stories on Corn

CBOT weekly outlook: War chatter part of market chaos

Sep. 21, 2022 at 4:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the daily talk about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill., has a special term for its effects on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “I call it the Putin rally,” he quipped, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but lamenting […]

U.S. grains: Wheat up on new concerns for Black Sea supplies

Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybean futures slump on global demand concerns

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain bids see surprising harvest strength

Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall from two-month highs amid broad sell-off

Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, with profit-taking dragging wheat down from two-month highs, traders said. Broad-based selling added pressure on prices as traders reduced their risk amid growing warnings of a global economic slowdown, analysts said. “Inflation and recession concerns hit all […]

By Tom Polansek

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report affecting corn, soybean prices

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), released Monday, have since played a major role on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one trader says. Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago, said while corn ending stocks (1.219 billion bushels) and […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn down on technical setback

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling as traders adjusted their positions following a market rally sparked by the government’s Monday forecast for smaller-than-expected harvests. “That was a surprising number out of the U.S. Agriculture Department and the market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures dip on profit-taking

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures eased on Tuesday but remained near their nearly three-month highs as the government’s reduced forecasts for this year’s harvests continued to underpin prices, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, supported by uncertainty over Black Sea supplies following Russian […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures hit June highs

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures surged to their highest price since June on Monday and closed near their highs after the U.S. government made bigger-than-expected cuts to its domestic harvest estimate. Corn futures also hit their highest price in more than two months following a […]

By Tom Polansek