Insights and Stories on Cbot

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans mixed on harvest progress, weather uncertainty

Oct. 29, 2019 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybean futures were mixed on Tuesday as an advancing U.S. harvest curbed price gains while traders awaited further developments in U.S.-Chinese trade negotiations. Wheat edged higher for most of the session, with support from an Egyptian import tender that put the focus back […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce off two-week low on U.S.-China trade hopes

Oct. 28, 2019 at 2:10 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop as harvest accelerates

Oct. 25, 2019 at 2:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans end mixed as sales to China remain below expectations

Oct. 24, 2019 at 1:30 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest activity drops commodities

Oct. 23, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Harvest pace drags on corn, soybeans

Oct. 23, 2019 at 3:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended flat on Wednesday as optimism that China would significantly increase U.S. export purchases after offering to waive tariffs was overshadowed by a lack of confirmed buying and an accelerating U.S. harvest. Corn was also flat on harvest pressure and limited demand, while […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on Chinese trade prospects

Oct. 22, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday on hopes of fresh export sales to China after Beijing gave major crushers waivers to import U.S. soybeans without retaliatory tariffs. Futures, however, drifted from early highs as new export deals failed to materialize and as farmers took advantage of […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat eases in profit-taking setback

Oct. 21, 2019 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Monday on profit taking after three sessions of gains, on concerns about weather-reduced Southern Hemisphere crops that had lifted the market to multi-month highs. Soybeans were mixed amid worries about reduced yields and late harvesting, while corn drifted lower on dull […]

By Karl Plume

Cash wheat bids: Red spring gains, durum eases

Oct. 18, 2019 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher for the week ended Thursday. Strong gains were seen in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) wheats, while Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) was steady to lower. The Canadian dollar gained almost nine-10ths of a […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat hits three-month high on signs of tightening supplies

Oct. 18, 2019 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures touched a three-month high on Friday, buoyed by rising cash prices and signs of tightening global supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on worries about the size of the U.S. harvest while corn fell on disappointing weekly U.S. export sales. At the Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen