Insights and Stories on Cbot

Prairie cash wheat: Most bids see gains on the week

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat made the strongest gains, as Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) was either side of steady. There were modest increases for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD). Support came from the […]

U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bumper harvest, soy up on exports

Jun. 18, 2020 at 5:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Canola likely to move lower

Jun. 17, 2020 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Spring wheat premium widening over winter wheat

Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat hits eight-month low as harvest advances

Jun. 17, 2020 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn trims gains on technical selling

Jun. 16, 2020 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ended slightly lower on Tuesday after a day of positive trading after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported decreased crop conditions due to recent hot weather across the western corn belt. Wheat slid as winter harvests continue, while soybeans remained lower as […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on crop development

Jun. 15, 2020 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid on Monday on reports of healthy crop development across much of the U.S. Midwest, as concerns about a potential bumper crop cooled market enthusiasm over recent strong Chinese demand. Private exporters reported the sale of 390,000 tonnes of soybeans to China for […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on hope of continued China purchasing

Jun. 12, 2020 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rallied late on Friday as hopes of continued U.S. exports to top-importer China supported prices. Wheat futures rebounded after touching a three-week low at the Chicago Board of Trade earlier in the session, as the U.S. government’s forecast for a record world wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Coronavirus threatens Chicago’s last remaining trading pits

Jun. 12, 2020 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago brokers and traders worry COVID-19 will kill more of the city’s once famous shout-and-gesture trading pits. CME Group, which owns the Chicago Board of Trade, said this week that most of the pits it closed in March because of the pandemic will remain shuttered indefinitely. […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE largely neutral for soy, corn

Jun. 11, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had a “benign effect” on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to one trader. That’s mainly because U.S. production estimates for corn, wheat, and soybeans were largely unchanged. The U.S. soybean production […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm