Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat firms as rain slows harvest

Jun. 29, 2015 at 3:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose 2.5 per cent on Monday, closing in positive territory for the sixth time in seven sessions on support from wet weather that has been delaying harvest in key U.S. growing areas, traders said. The concerns about the slow harvest, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat ends week up 15 per cent on U.S., global weather woes

Jun. 26, 2015 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy prices soar as storms drench U.S. Midwest

Jun. 25, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn futures seen hinging on USDA data

Jun. 24, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking after two-week high

Jun. 24, 2015 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars as rains threaten Midwest’s harvest

Jun. 23, 2015 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped about four per cent on Tuesday on technical buying coupled with concerns about rains delaying the Midwest harvest, traders said. Corn set a five-week high on declining U.S. crop conditions while nearby soybeans fell on softening cash values and stepped-up farmer selling. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

Jun. 22, 2015 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat and corn also rose. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the July soybean contract settled up 18 cents at $9.89-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

Jun. 19, 2015 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, setting back from a three-day rally on a round of profit-taking after prices hit their highest in more than a month, traders said. Corn futures also fell, pressured by forecasts for drier weather and rising temperatures that […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy rallies on short-covering, planting woes

Jun. 18, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the third day in a row on Thursday, touching their highest in more than five weeks on concerns that dry weather will arrive too late to allow for planting in rain-soaked areas of the Midwest, traders said. Traders said the excess […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

Jun. 17, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Excess moisture across broad swaths of the the U.S. Midwest and southern Plains has dampened the outlook for U.S. corn and soybean crops in the near future. Both crops finished higher on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to cap off the week ended Wednesday; however, the […]

By Dave Sims