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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn watching weather

May. 26, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have moved off of highs hit earlier in May as good planting conditions in the U.S. Midwest weighed on values. “We’re pretty much in a weather market right now,” Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Illinois said. […]

U.S. grains: Corn up off one-month low

May. 26, 2021 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink after Midwest rains

May. 24, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn futures rise; soybeans, wheat weak

May. 20, 2021 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn up on another sale to China

May. 18, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn and soy mixed, wheat down

May. 17, 2021 at 4:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed mixed on Monday, with nearby contracts firming on support from tight supplies and strength in the cash market, while forecasts for warm weather that will boost crop development in the U.S. Midwest pressured new-crop issues, traders said. “The outlook warmed […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures hit multi-year highs on supply fears

May. 7, 2021 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Concerns that global crop supplies will remain lean pushed Chicago Board of Trade corn futures to their highest price since March 2013 on Friday, while soybean futures reached their highest since October 2012. The markets surged before the weekend as traders braced for the potential of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn tops $7 for first time since 2013 in most-active contract

May. 4, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on Tuesday topped US$7 a bushel in the most-active contract for the first time since 2013 as unfavourably dry crop weather in Brazil kept attention on tightening global supplies. Surging prices have done little to curb robust demand for corn used to feed […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Solid exports support domestic barley market

Apr. 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada has already exported more barley through the first two-thirds of the 2020-21 marketing year than in any full crop year in over a decade. That solid export pace is keeping domestic prices well supported, with an increase in seeded area in 2021-22 expected. Export data from the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb to multi-year highs

Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed to multi-year highs on Wednesday, supported by firm cash markets as old-crop supplies dwindle and weather issues threaten prospects for the 2021 harvests, analysts said. Wheat futures also rose, drawing additional support from frosty temperatures in the Plains and Midwest. […]

By Julie Ingwersen