Insights and Stories of Julie Ingwersen

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 climb, soyoil soars daily limit on US biofuel proposal

Jun. 13, 2025 at 4:49 pm CDT

U.S. soyoil futures surged their daily limit on Friday and soybeans hit a three-week high after President Donald Trump's administration proposed biofuel blending requirements that were above trade expectations, analysts said.

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit 1-wk low on demand worries; wheat sags, corn firms

Jun. 12, 2025 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures retreat on weather as US-China optimism cools

Jun. 11, 2025 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag on crop rating boost; corn, soybeans firm

Jun. 10, 2025 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats on harvest pressure; corn, soybeans end lower

Jun. 9, 2025 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on U.S.-China trade optimism

Jun. 5, 2025 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed to a one-week high on Thursday on optimism about the U.S. trade relationship with China, the world's largest soybean buyer, after leaders of the two countries spoke by phone for more than an hour.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat prices climb amid Ukraine-Russia unrest

Jun. 4, 2025 at 3:16 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday as signs of a hardening conflict between Ukraine and Russia and worries about dryness in China appeared to spark a round of short-covering, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans buoyed by higher crude oil; wheat sags

Jun. 3, 2025 at 2:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday, rallying from a seven-week low struck a day earlier, as strong crude oil prices lifted soyoil futures and traders weighed expectations that the leaders of United States and top global soy buyer China will speak this week. Corn futures bounced […]

By Julie Ingwersen 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

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to seven-week low; corn eases, wheat climbs

Jun. 2, 2025 at 2:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and soyoil futures fell to their lowest levels in seven weeks on Monday on worries about demand for U.S. oilseed supplies and generally favorable crop weather, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower. But wheat futures rose on short-covering as a […]

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters