Insights and Stories on CBOT Weekly

Nov. 2, 2022 at 3:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – A pair of announcements affected the Chicago Board of Trade by different magnitudes on Nov. 2. Four days after Russian officials said the country was pulling out of an agreement to allow Ukrainian grain shipments on the Black Sea, the Russian government announced on Nov. 2 it changed […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Aug. 3, 2022 at 2:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader though, conditions closer to home will have a greater effect. Corn and wheat prices took a hit on August 1 […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Weather-related concerns and questions whether Ukrainian grain will be exported or not were front and centre for traders on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 26. Ryan Ettner, a broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill., said forecasts calling for a heat wave in […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Soyoil prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have been tumbling of late largely due to the markets no longer being afraid of already tight global supplies becoming scarcer, according to Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago, Ill. Lush explained that the South American […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 29, 2021 at 2:54 pm CST

MarketsFarm – The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is typically a time for the markets to slow down, and at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), that’s certainly the case. At approximately 10:50 a.m. CST, the volumes for both the highly-traded March corn and soybean contracts did not […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm