Insights and Stories on Corn

Funds back adding to shorts in canola after month of covering

Dec. 11, 2023 at 10:44 am CST

After a month of covering short positions, fund traders were back adding to their bearish bets to start December, with the net short position in the oilseed growing by roughly 13,000 contracts, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data

Dec. 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

USDA lowers wheat carryout calls, minor adjustments elsewhere

Dec. 8, 2023 at 12:57 pm CST

By Glacier FarmMedia Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally ahead of Argentina’s inauguration of Milei, U.S. export sales

Dec. 7, 2023 at 3:40 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on third day of US sales to China; soy, corn retreat

Dec. 6, 2023 at 5:01 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. grains and oilseeds trading South American weather/charts

Dec. 6, 2023 at 3:13 pm CST

The seasonal slowdown in the North American grain and oilseed markets has traders in the Chicago futures taking direction from shifting weather forecasts out of South America, with technical chart signals also at play in the futures heading into the New Year.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on fresh round of purchases by China

Dec. 5, 2023 at 4:20 pm CST

Wheat rose after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed private sales of 198,000 metric tons of U.S. soft red winter wheat to China, the second such sale in as many days. Monday's announcement that China had purchased 440,000 tons of the grain, the largest one-off U.S. wheat export sale to China since at least 2020, added impetus to a recent rally.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. grains: wheat futures rocket higher on private sales to China

Dec. 4, 2023 at 4:31 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade wheat rose nearly three per cent on Monday, with the most-active contract Wv1 reaching the highest level since late August after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the largest one-off private sale to China in years.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

U.S. Grains: Soybeans slide on predicted rains in Brazil

Dec. 1, 2023 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago soybean futures fell on Friday as the weather forecast in drought-stricken northern Brazil promised much-needed rain for producers who are dealing with the prospect of low yields and damaged crops. Corn and wheat both ended higher as traders continued to cover short positions in both markets.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters