Insights and Stories on Cbot

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise for third session

Feb. 5, 2020 at 4:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose modestly on Wednesday as strength from global equity markets and soyoil futures offset worries about export demand for U.S. oilseeds, traders said. Wheat futures firmed on technical buying. But corn drifted lower in rangebound trade as uncertainty about demand hung over the […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans under pressure

Feb. 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn end higher

Feb. 4, 2020 at 7:07 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week low on virus worries

Feb. 3, 2020 at 4:13 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Fund short position grows in canola

Feb. 3, 2020 at 10:52 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids fall with U.S. futures

Jan. 31, 2020 at 9:19 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday, as a sell-off in U.S. futures weighed on prices. Concerns that the Wuhan coronavirus would lead to a slowdown in the global economy accounted for some of the broad speculative selling that weighed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall as coronavirus spreads

Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, their ninth straight day of losses, as concerns about the coronavirus cutting into Chinese demand beat back any attempts at a bargain-buying bounce, traders said. The losing streak marks the longest for the most-active soybean futures contract […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month low

Jan. 30, 2020 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for an eighth consecutive session on Thursday and hit an eight-month low as the rising toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China added to concerns about Chinese demand for American crops. Wheat also eased and set a three-week low on the Chicago […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans oversold

Jan. 29, 2020 at 5:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans over the past month are looking overdone, according to an analyst who expects the lows may be in for the time being. March soybeans lost roughly 60 U.S. cents per bushel since the beginning of January, with the latest concerns […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans drop

Jan. 29, 2020 at 4:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 1.4 per cent on Wednesday on a round of follow-through selling after Tuesday’s technical setback, traders said. The weakness in wheat spilled over to the corn market, which also faced some profit-taking after a higher opening during the overnight trading session. Soybean […]

By Mark Weinraub