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CBOT Weekly: External factors raising wheat prices

Jun. 18, 2025 at 2:41 pm CDT

Numerous factors caused United States wheat prices to sharply rise during the week ended June 18, 2025.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

Jun. 18, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

By Ana Mano Debora Ely Reuters roberto-samora

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle see sharp drop; hogs slip back

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

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 end higher, supported by crude oil; wheat rises, corn mixed

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

An agent passes meat being prepared during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Glenn Valley Foods meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. June 10, 2025 in a still image from video.

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters Ted Hesson

A man walks in an empty Ein al-Fejeh spring basin, in Damascus countryside, Syria, May 12, 2025.

Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:31 am CDT

Syrian farmers hoped for some reprieve after Islamist rebels ended Assad' 24 years of autocratic rule in December, but a devastating drought and continued water theft mean their crops are still dying, their pears and plums withering on the branch.

By Nazih Osseiran Reuters

U.S. and U.K. announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:27 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal trade deal.

By Andrea Shalal Jarrett Renshaw Reuters

U.S. grains: Soyoil hits 20-month peak, corn falls on good crop weather

Jun. 16, 2025 at 5:42 pm CDT

U.S. soyoil futures hit their highest in 20 months on Monday, supported by U.S. biofuel blending proposals that are likely to increase demand, while soybean futures touched a one-month high before paring gains.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Canola seed pours from a combine into a grain cart.

U.S. Senate bill would shrink tax credit for biofuels made from foreign feedstocks

Jun. 16, 2025 at 5:13 pm CDT

U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a tax bill that would extend a clean fuel tax credit through 2031, but trim 20 per cent of the value of the credit for biofuels made from feedstocks produced outside of the United States.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Bunge-Viterra merger clears final hurdle with China’s conditional approval

Jun. 16, 2025 at 1:19 pm CDT

China's market regulator has granted conditional approval for global agribusiness Bunge Global's merger with Glencore-backed grain handler Viterra, it said on Monday, clearing the final hurdle for the $34 billion mega-deal announced two years ago.

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters