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CBOT weekly: Good weather leads to new lows in Chicago soybeans and corn

Jul. 10, 2024 at 2:03 pm CDT

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to fresh contract lows in early July, as relatively favourable growing conditions and bearish technical signals weighed on values.

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn recover after slide; soy hits 2020 low

Jul. 9, 2024 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

Jul. 8, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

Jul. 8, 2024 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

Jul. 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

Jul. 3, 2024 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on short covering on Wednesday after nearing a four-year low this week on concerns about large supplies and lackluster U.S. export demand, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

CBOT Weekly: Still at the behest of the weather

Jul. 3, 2024 at 2:04 pm CDT

United States corn and soybean crops continued to remain at whatever whims the weather brings, according to John Weyer of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rise on technical trading, weather questions

Jul. 2, 2024 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago corn futures extended gains on Tuesday on short-covering and U.S. crop condition questions, while soybean prices also turned higher on technical trading and unfavorable weather in some soybean growing areas of the central U.S., traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles to contract lows on additional US corn acres

Jun. 28, 2024 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago September corn CU24 plunged on Friday to contract lows after U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed far more acres planted with the grain than expected due to favorable spring weather.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. corn acres, grain stocks higher than expected

Jun. 28, 2024 at 2:49 pm CDT

The planted area for U.S. corn in 2024 was determined to be 91.5 million acres, greater than the March USDA estimate of 90.04 million as well as the trade’s average guess of 90.35 million. However, the figure was nowhere close to last year’s acreage total of 94.64 million. After the release of the report, corn prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) reacted bearishly with contracts losing more than 20 U.S. cents per bushel.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm