Insights and Stories on Cbot

U.S. grains: Corn skids to lowest level since September 2016

Mar. 18, 2020 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.2 per cent to their lowest level in 3-1/2 years on Wednesday, with falling prices for crude oil cutting into demand from the ethanol market, traders said. A crumbling cash market for corn added to the pressure in the futures contracts as […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Bargain buying lifts some commodities

Mar. 18, 2020 at 11:57 am CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat book multi-month lows

Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker loonie battles lower U.S. futures

Mar. 16, 2020 at 2:23 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat firm, corn flat as financial markets steady

Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures closed fractionally higher on Friday and corn ended flat, stabilizing as wider financial markets regained some ground after plummeting on fears of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak. But soybean futures fell, hitting life-of-contract lows as crop weather in South America […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to six-month lows

Mar. 12, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell to six-month lows on Thursday as another rout on Wall Street underscored uncertainty about economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as well as demand for agricultural commodities, analysts said. Wheat futures followed the weak trend. Chicago Board of Trade May […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility hampers canola

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola values have been at the mercy of volatile financial markets this week, trading in lockstep with headlines of plummeting crude oil values and stock indices. “We’re getting into a bit of a pattern in the markets,” Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg said, explaining that prices […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets focused on virus, oil prices, stocks

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — From where Steve Georgy sits, commodity markets such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are currently focused on only three things. One is the COVID-19 coronavirus — specifically, how the global outbreak affects commodity markets, especially if it results in “the slowing down the movement of grain, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat decline as Wall Street tumbles

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat futures declined on Wednesday, following as Wall Street equity markets fell sharply on fears of the coronavirus causing a global recession and a lack of immediate U.S. measures to counter the economic fallout. Soybean futures turned lower, erasing early advances tied to […]

By Julie Ingwersen