Insights and Stories on Cbot

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end lower ahead of long weekend

Feb. 14, 2020 at 7:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday on technical selling ahead of a long holiday weekend and uncertainty about U.S. export prospects, traders said. Wheat futures followed the weak trend, drifting lower in rangebound trade. A stronger dollar hung over the markets, making U.S. […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly weaker on U.S. price declines

Feb. 14, 2020 at 5:15 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy up on prospects for Chinese demand

Feb. 13, 2020 at 5:58 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn wait for next big thing

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6:53 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies from near two-month low

Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on adequate world supplies, fund selling

Feb. 11, 2020 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a seven-week low on Tuesday as signs of adequate global supplies and softening world cash prices triggered a round of what appeared to be fund-driven long liquidation, analysts said. Corn futures also fell while soybeans ended flat to fractionally higher after […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as China pledges to fulfill purchases

Feb. 10, 2020 at 8:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a sixth straight session on Monday on expectations that Beijing will meet the purchasing targets agreed in the Phase One trade deal with Washington, although concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China capped gains. The most active soybean futures contract on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Feb. 9, 2020 at 9:57 am CST

MarketsFarm — Large fund traders were busy adding to short positions in canola, soybeans and corn during the first few trading days of February, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up on technical buying, export optimism

Feb. 7, 2020 at 8:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures rose on Thursday on chart-based buying and short-covering coupled with optimism about prospects for U.S. agricultural export sales to China, traders said. Soybean futures firmed but trailed the advances in grains. Chicago Board of Trade March corn settled up 4-1/4 cents […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide on strong dollar, export uncertainty

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday as a strengthening dollar dampened U.S. export prospects and traders continued to wait for signs of China buying agricultural goods, analysts said. Soybean futures eked out a modest advance. Chicago Board of Trade March corn settled down 1-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen