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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: US wheat futures sag on rain forecast; corn down, soy ends mixed

Apr. 14, 2025 at 6:04 pm CDT

U.S. wheat futures fell on Monday, pressured by forecasts for improving weather in dry areas of the Plains production belt and spillover weakness as European wheat futures hit one-year lows, brokers said.

U.S. grains: Soy surges; corn, wheat rally after Trump pauses most tariffs

Apr. 9, 2025 at 5:35 pm CDT

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U.S. grains: Corn futures end higher, extending rally on tariff relief

Mar. 7, 2025 at 5:29 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat climb as Mexico earns tariff reprieve

Mar. 6, 2025 at 5:39 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy and wheat bounce as traders monitor tariff relief

Mar. 5, 2025 at 4:35 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy futures slide as trade tensions flare

Mar. 4, 2025 at 4:49 pm CST

U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest levels of 2025 on Tuesday and soybean futures dropped below $10 a bushel on heightened concerns that President Donald Trump's trade policies would curb demand for U.S. goods, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn extends slide as trade woes, big South American crops spur sell-off

Mar. 3, 2025 at 4:42 pm CST

Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell nearly three per cent on Monday as worries about trade tensions and ample South American harvests appeared to spur commodity funds to liquidate more of their large net long positions, traders said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit three-week low; wheat dips, soy choppy

Feb. 25, 2025 at 4:33 pm CST

U.S. corn futures fell to a three-week low on Tuesday, sliding for a third successive session on tariff tensions and improving weather outlooks for South American crop regions, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn slips from multi-month top on profit-taking; soy, wheat follow

Feb. 24, 2025 at 4:57 pm CST

U.S. corn futures fell 1.6 per cent on Monday, retreating from multi-month highs set last week, pressured by profit-taking and improving weather forecasts for South America, analysts said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Frigid weather likely damaged US winter wheat crop, meteorologist says

Jan. 24, 2025 at 4:14 pm CST

Frigid temperatures this week likely killed as much as 15 per cent of the winter wheat crop in parts of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, the Commodity Weather Group said on Friday, in an ominous sign for U.S. wheat production.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters