Insights and Stories on Cbot

U.S. grains: Soybeans end down on harvest pressure

Sep. 28, 2020 at 7:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on the outlook for favourable harvest weather in the heart of the Midwest, where producers are poised to sell soybeans and store their corn, analysts said. Traders were also squaring positions ahead of quarterly grain stocks reports due midweek from […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

Sep. 25, 2020 at 9:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure weighs on corn, soybeans

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as dollar rises

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, pressured by a firm dollar that traders said was depressing already weak overseas demand for U.S. supplies. “We are still not getting the export demand,” said Mark Schultz, chief market analyst at Northstar Commodity. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy lower as harvest pressure overshadows buying

Sep. 22, 2020 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures ended lower on Tuesday, retreating from early strength as pressure from the expanding U.S. harvest outweighed support from continued soy sales to China and strength in soymeal futures, traders said. Corn futures drifted lower on strong U.S. crop ratings and promising Midwest harvest […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures plunged on Monday as concerns about fresh coronavirus-driven lockdowns due to rising global case counts sparked a wave of risk-off trades. The grains, led by a 3.7 per cent drop in wheat that marked its biggest daily […]

By Mark Weinraub

Funds’ net long keeps growing in canola

Sep. 18, 2020 at 5:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The fund net long position in canola continued to climb higher during the week ended Tuesday, as speculators continued to add to their bullish bets in the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy extends climb, wheat jumps

Sep. 18, 2020 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures extended their bull run on Friday, reaching a two-year top as top global buyer China continued with daily purchases of U.S. soybeans. Wheat futures surged more than three per cent on fears of tightening supplies from key exporters, and corn futures rose for […]

By Julie Ingwersen