Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end lower on crop prospects

Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than two per cent on Tuesday and soybeans also declined on optimism for sizable U.S. crops and some forecasts for rain next week, despite pockets of stress from hot and dry conditions, traders said. Wheat futures finished lower after a choppy […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat up on broad commodity strength

Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low

Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Grains under pressure awaiting new crop

Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend losing streak

Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures gained 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, supported by concerns that hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest could cut into harvest yields, traders said. Soybean futures also were firm, recovering from sharp declines after the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly world agricultural supply […]

By Mark Weinraub

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT weekly outlook: Volatility ahead as U.S. inflation rises

Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Shifting weather forecasts may have led to choppy activity in U.S. grain and oilseed markets during the week ended Wednesday, but rising inflation may create even more turbulence going forward, according to an analyst. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the annual rate of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Futures plunge after USDA raises supply outlook, trims some demand

Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures fell sharply on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) boosted key crop supply forecasts and scaled back some demand expectations in a monthly report. Benchmark corn, soy and wheat futures all retreated back to pre-Ukraine war levels as soaring […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries

Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed on Monday on forecasts for hot, dry conditions across the Midwest farm belt as well as technical buying and positioning ahead of Tuesday’s monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand reports. The market eased from overnight highs, however, as updated […]

By Karl Plume

Canola funds’ position shifts to net short

Jul. 8, 2022 at 8:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Speculative fund money in ICE Futures canola shifted to a net short position for the first time in two years, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin