Insights and Stories on Cbot

ICE weekly outlook: Swings ahead for canola

May. 26, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — If anything is certain for canola values, it’s that they are going to be swingy for the next while, according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Canola bids, especially new-crop, have been on the downswing lately, largely due to precipitation the Prairies recently received. While the […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn watching weather

May. 26, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn up off one-month low

May. 26, 2021 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to one-month low on weather, technical selling

May. 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink after Midwest rains

May. 24, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Net long position in canola edging down

May. 21, 2021 at 9:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net long position in canola has edged down over the past few months, hitting its lowest level since August 2020 in the latest Commitment of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Tuesday, managed money fund traders were holding a […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month low, soybeans three-week low

May. 21, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, touching a one-month low on improving prospects for the crop in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Corn futures fell on a round of profit-taking after rising in three of the previous four sessions. Soybeans also closed lower, with concerns about […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures rise; soybeans, wheat weak

May. 20, 2021 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday, with strong export demand highlighting concerns about dwindling crop supplies due to harvest shortfalls in Brazil, traders said. Soybeans and wheat weakened after firming early in the session. Private exporters reported the sale of 1.224 million tonnes of corn to […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Commodities see ‘much needed’ correction

May. 19, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A bullish market and sharp increases in commodities at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), turned downward Wednesday in what Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services called a “much needed correction.” Prices pulled back that day by varying degrees for soybean, corn and wheat futures, coinciding with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans plunge on fund selling

May. 19, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures fell more than two per cent on Wednesday, with traders noting selling by investment funds as commodity contracts tumbled through key technical support points. The most-active corn futures ended unchanged, steadying after trading in negative territory for much of the session. […]

By Mark Weinraub