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U.S. grains: Corn, soy extend multi-year highs

Apr. 23, 2021 at 5:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed firm on Friday after rocketing to multi-year highs this week on tightening domestic and global supplies, traders said. As stocks from the 2020 harvest dwindle, dryness in Brazil and a U.S. cold spell raised doubts about prospects for the 2021 […]

U.S. grains: Corn highest since 2013

Apr. 22, 2021 at 8:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Futures very likely to remain on upswing

Apr. 21, 2021 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb to multi-year highs

Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn tops $6 a bushel, soy at seven-year high

Apr. 20, 2021 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn up on weather outlook, weaker dollar

Apr. 19, 2021 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, flirting with multi-year highs set last week, as forecasts for frosty weather and precipitation raised concerns about the pace of planting and germination, analysts said. A weaker dollar lent support, theoretically making U.S. grains more competitive globally. Soybeans followed corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids soar after weather events

Apr. 16, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Cash bids for Prairie wheat jumped as wintry weather made its way across the Prairies and U.S. northern Plains during the week ending Thursday. Wheat futures in the U.S. rose due to spillover from soybeans. However, a stronger Canadian dollar tempered Prairie wheat prices. Manitoba and Saskatchewan, as […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise

Apr. 16, 2021 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, gaining ground on corn contracts as the market tried to entice farmers to boost acreage of the oilseed despite the yellow grain’s rally to its highest in nearly eight years earlier this week. “The last two weeks all the talk […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat from peak above $6

Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the most-active contract easing on pressure from commercial hedging after spiking above US$6 a bushel for the first time since June 2013 during overnight trading. But concerns about seeding delays due to cold weather in the U.S. Midwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Tight old-crop supplies keep soy, corn strong

Apr. 14, 2021 at 7:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, with the widening inverted spread between old-crop contracts and new-crop months a feature. “Commercials are buying any dips they can,” Sean Lusk of Walsh Trading said of the market. With […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin