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U.S. grains: Wheat hits 5-year low, corn at contract lows as supply pressure builds

Aug. 6, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures slipped to a five-year low on Wednesday, while corn set contract lows for the third session in a row as ample global supply hung over grain markets.

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

Aug. 5, 2025 at 2:54 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on higher wholesale prices, buying interest

Jun. 27, 2025 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans recover from multi-month lows

Jun. 27, 2025 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

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: Chicago corn, soy linger at multi-month lows as weather weighs

Jun. 26, 2025 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed as consumer and retail demand declines

Jun. 25, 2025 at 4:33 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures ended mixed on Wednesday as market players weighed waning demand from consumers and retailers while hog futures turned higher, following a seasonal pattern, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago corn drops to more contract lows as heavy supply weighs

Jun. 25, 2025 at 2:53 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade front and back-month corn futures notched lifetime lows on Wednesday on expectations of a hefty Brazilian corn crop and a lack of weather threats for the large U.S. corn crop that has recently been seeded, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat falls on harvest pressure; corn hits contract lows

Jun. 24, 2025 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures sank on Tuesday on pressure from the ongoing harvest in the U.S. Plains and Black Sea as well as a lack of weather threats, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Fusarium-infected wheat heads in a wheat field near Stockholm, Sask.

Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat

Jun. 9, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

USDA’s spring and winter wheat ratings exceed expectations

Jun. 3, 2025 at 9:11 am CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report showed on Monday 50 per cent of U.S. spring wheat and 52 per cent of winter wheat in good to excellent condition, exceeding analyst expectations.

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters