Insights and Stories on Cbot

CBOT weekly outlook: Yield prospects key for soybeans, corn

Aug. 3, 2016 at 4:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade recorded losses during the week ended Wednesday, as expectations of massive crops and high yields edge closer to becoming a reality. “Since weather isn’t a major issue anymore, (traders) will be watching for potential record crop production […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on weather, prospects for big crop

Aug. 2, 2016 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on favourable weather

Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy surges on short-covering on way to huge monthly loss

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as investors eye big U.S. harvests

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy extends gains on short-covering, weather worries

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures gained for the second straight session on Wednesday on short-covering and worries about dry weather conditions in the key crop development month of August, traders and analysts said. Corn futures also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, primarily on bargain buying, while wheat […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat tumbles on ample supplies, Euronext declines

Jul. 26, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged as much as 3 per cent on Tuesday, their largest daily losses in three weeks, on pressure from ample global grain supplies and following declines in Euronext wheat, traders said. Wheat on the Paris exchange fell sharply for the […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend losses on fund selling, favorable weather

Jul. 25, 2016 at 2:34 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell sharply on Monday, extending the steep declines seen last week on pressure from investment fund selling and favourable extended weather outlooks for the developing crop, traders and analysts said. Wheat and corn futures each were narrowly lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy falls as harvest expectations rise; wheat, corn firm

Jul. 22, 2016 at 2:35 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell 2.3 per cent to a three-month low on Friday as the weather forecast for August reinforced expectations that the crop developing in the U.S. Midwest would blossom into a bumper harvest. Wheat and corn futures firmed, recovering from early weakness, as investment funds […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: U.S. corn extends losing streak on weak exports, good weather; soy firms

Jul. 21, 2016 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. corn futures fell for the third day in a row on Thursday, with good weather for crop development in the U.S. Midwest and poor exports pushing prices to their lowest in nearly two years. Wheat and soybean futures firmed. The soy market was supported by […]

By Mark Weinraub