Insights and Stories on CBOT Futures

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CBOT weekly update: U.S. Fed decision one of many factors

Jul. 26, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – The decision by the United States Federal Reserve on July 26 to raise its key interest rates mostly served as a distraction on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) from other events affecting grain futures. The central bank continued its efforts to wrangle inflation by pushing interest rates […]

Fund position flips to net long in canola

Jul. 21, 2023 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly update: Dry conditions, war propel prices upward

Jul. 19, 2023 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

US Grains: wheat futures end firmer amid Black Sea supply worries

Jul. 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Ending stocks of corn, soy predicted to rise

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Quick seeding bringing down prices

May. 31, 2023 at 4:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Prices for corn, soybeans and wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were pressured by fast planting paces during the week ended May 31, according to one trader. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported on May 30 that 92 per cent of the country’s corn crop […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. planted acres in flux

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the April supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities said he expects ending stocks to increase — while planted acres are likely to change. “After looking at the [quarterly grain] stocks numbers, you would think they would […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Corn and soybeans sitting firm ahead of USDA report

Aug. 8, 2018 at 3:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Corn and soybean markets at the Chicago Board of Trade have been strengthening ahead of Friday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report from the United States Department of Agriculture. “There’s been a lot of really big yield estimates we’ve been throwing around that people are starting […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

CBOT soy, corn retreating with harvest pressure

Nov. 19, 2014 at 5:59 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, retreating from the nearby highs hit the previous week as increased farmer and speculative selling weighed on values. Both soybeans and corn hit three-month highs last Wednesday (Nov. 12) before […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: soymeal makes biggest monthly gain since 1976

Oct. 31, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soymeal climbed 2 per cent on Friday, capping the commodity’s best monthly performance since 1976, as short-term supply strains in the United States continued to fuel buying. Soybeans also rose sharply and corn turned higher late, following gains in soymeal, while wheat declined on pressure from multiyear highs in the dollar […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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