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CBOT weekly outlook: Ag commodities steady

May. 21, 2020 at 2:57 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Crop commodity values on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have largely stabilized as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed in several U.S. states. “We’ve been playing this virus for a few months now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities in Barrington, Ill. COVID-19-related lockdown measures decimated demand for ethanol, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea dryness

May. 20, 2020 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soy slips as traders await China deals

May. 19, 2020 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Net short position reduced in canola

May. 18, 2020 at 10:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits lowest since March

May. 18, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Bids weaken with seeding underway

May. 17, 2020 at 10:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended Thursday, with losses in U.S. futures and improving Prairie seeding weather weighing on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by 50 cents to $1 per tonne, according […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week down four per cent

May. 15, 2020 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday and recorded their biggest weekly slide in a month, dragged down by rising global stockpiles and improving crop prospects in Europe that signal strong competition for export business, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher in rangebound trade. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans drift lower on favourable crop prospects

May. 14, 2020 at 7:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday as generally favourable U.S. Midwest crop weather bolstered expectations for large harvests, analysts said. “We just don’t have enough demand … to overcome the good growing conditions that are seen across the Midwest,” said Brian Hoops, president […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat nears two-month low on export competition

May. 13, 2020 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to a near two-month low on Wednesday, testing psychological support at the $5-per-bushel mark, pressured by forecasts for rising global grain supplies and strong export competition, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures also declined as a speedy U.S. planting pace supported expectations […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Global grain stocks exert pressure

May. 13, 2020 at 4:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A forecast of sizeable global ending stocks is weighing on values at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst for Futures International in Chicago. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday issued its monthly supply and demand report in which it […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm