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U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy rebound on demand uptick, weak dollar

Mar. 13, 2025 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures turned higher on Thursday, after private estimates for Argentina's corn and soy crops fell, analysts said.

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U.S. grains: Chicago grains and soybeans extend losses as trade fights roil

Mar. 12, 2025 at 3:15 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

CBOT Weekly: Prices expected to slowly recover

Mar. 12, 2025 at 1:27 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybean futures end lower for third straight session; corn, wheat fall

Mar. 11, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall on weakness in oil market, China deflation worries

Mar. 10, 2025 at 3:49 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

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

Mar. 7, 2025 at 5:29 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose for a third straight session on Friday as news of exemptions for Mexico and Canada to most U.S. tariffs allowed grain prices to stabilize after a plunge early this week.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

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

Mar. 6, 2025 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago corn futures surged nearly two per cent on Thursday as trade tensions cooled with Mexico, the top buyer of U.S. corn, after President Donald Trump temporarily suspended steep tariffs that he had imposed on Mexico this week.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Oats swinging higher, but rangebound

Mar. 6, 2025 at 3:22 pm CST

As oat futures fluctuate on the Chicago Board of Trade, they remain rangebound, said Progressive Ag analyst Tom Lilja in Fargo, N.D. However, to Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask. there’s a disconnect between those futures and cash prices for oats.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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

Mar. 5, 2025 at 4:35 pm CST

U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures closed higher on Wednesday, bouncing from multi-month lows set a day earlier as indications that U.S. tariffs against Canada and Mexico may be reduced helped ease market jitters over escalating trade tensions.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

CBOT Weekly: Tariffs sow uncertainty in markets

Mar. 5, 2025 at 3:25 pm CST

Tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump have wreaked havoc on the Chicago Board of Trade according to Chicago-based agricultural strategist Terry Reilly.

By Adam Peleshaty