Insights and Stories on Cbot

ICE weekly outlook: Loonie’s rally kept canola lower

Apr. 15, 2020 at 5:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola prices dropped over the last week due to a combination of factors, according to David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. The Canadian dollar was one of those factors, as it had a small rally that pushed the loonie to almost 72 U.S. cents. That rally ended […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Poor ethanol demand weighing on corn

Apr. 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Funds still net-short on canola

Apr. 14, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall further on coronavirus demand risks

Apr. 14, 2020 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop as livestock markets drag soymeal lower

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn values stabilize

Apr. 9, 2020 at 8:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The April world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn’t hold much sway over corn on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Thursday. Corn ending stocks for the U.S. were pegged at 53.15 million tonnes, about five million tonnes higher than […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat climb on currency

Apr. 9, 2020 at 8:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures on Thursday posted their biggest gains in two weeks, as a falling U.S. dollar made exports more attractive against South American and Black Sea grain producers. Corn futures climbed early on strong U.S. export sales and an early jump in crude […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly stronger

Apr. 9, 2020 at 1:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly stronger during the week ended Thursday, with gains observed in CWRS and CPSR wheats, while durum saw small losses. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up $2 per tonne, according to price quotes from […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Corn slumps as ethanol production hits decade low

Apr. 8, 2020 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures slumped on Wednesday, giving up part of the previous session’s gains, as the U.S. government reported the U.S. ethanol industry saw a near-decade low in weekly production amid massive stocks. Wheat futures followed in mid-day trading, as investors squared up their positions ahead […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn rally sputters, wheat slides on growing conditions

Apr. 7, 2020 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A rally in Chicago corn futures on Tuesday that was buoyed by a run-up in the energy market sputtered by day’s end as crude oil prices slipped. May corn futures climbed nearly two per cent in mid-day trading, but cut gains in half as crude oil […]

By Christopher Walljasper