Insights and Stories of Heather Schlitz

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn jump after USDA’s monthly crop report

Sep. 12, 2025 at 2:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean and corn futures rose on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture delivered a bearish, but unsurprising, monthly crop report. U.S. farmers will harvest the most acres of corn since 1933 and produce more of the grain than previously expected, even though crop yields […]

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans tick higher ahead of USDA report

Sep. 11, 2025 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Hind quarters of beef hanging in a cooler.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures bounce on short covering

Sep. 11, 2025 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns

Aug. 29, 2025 at 2:38 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

Aug. 28, 2025 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

A group of cattle in an Alberta feedlot in the summer.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on technical selling

Aug. 28, 2025 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Thursday on technical selling after live and feeder cattle futures hit contract highs in the previous day.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

A Mexican farmer sprays disinfectant on the head of a brown beef cow.

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

Aug. 28, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

Mexico has recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53 per cent jump from the number of cases reported in July, according to Mexican government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

By Cassandra Garrison Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

Aug. 26, 2025 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago corn futures ticked lower on Tuesday on selling pressure as soybeans chopped up and down, though expectations of a bumper U.S. harvest limited the upside in prices, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Aug. 25, 2025 at 3:53 pm CDT

Chicago soybeans fell on Monday after hitting two-month highs on Friday, as industry players lost confidence that Chinese buyers would purchase U.S. soybeans, while dealers assessed exemptions granted to U.S. crude oil refiners for use of soy-based biofuels.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

Aug. 22, 2025 at 2:20 pm CDT

Chicago soybeans rose further on Friday to a two-month peak as brisk weekly exports, hopes that China will revert to buying U.S. crops and a rally in soyoil offset supply pressure from favorable U.S. field conditions.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

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Insights and Stories of Heather Schlitz

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn jump after USDA’s monthly crop report

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans tick higher ahead of USDA report

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures bounce on short covering

U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured by lack of Chinese demand; corn rises on export sales

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on technical selling

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

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