Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans to break below US$9 before summer half over

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market showed some short-covering-related firmness during the week ended Wednesday, but the bias is still pointed lower for the oilseed. “We could actually see the beans trade down to the low $9, then to an $8 handle. Maybe $8.90 would […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans sag after rally

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

Jun. 2, 2015 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Short-covering sparks rally in wheat

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn drops, soybeans rise on new biofuel targets

May. 29, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds on short-covering, bullish ethanol data

May. 28, 2015 at 2:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on Thursday rebounded from a seven-month low after three days of declines in a short-covering bounce and following a government report showing higher ethanol output and lower stocks of the corn-based biofuel. Wheat futures were mixed as a weaker dollar and concerns about […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

May. 27, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday and are expected to remain under pressure in coming weeks. The softness in both markets is likely because of large domestic and global supplies for corn and soybeans, said Ken Ball of […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks to two-week low on winter crop rating

May. 27, 2015 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, hitting a two-week low on big global supplies and a government report that pegged U.S. winter wheat crop ratings above market expectations. Corn also slumped to a seven-month low on spillover pressure from sinking wheat […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

May. 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

May. 22, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains and oilseeds fell more than one per cent on Friday, with soybeans tumbling to the lowest levels since October in a broad commodities selloff as the dollar rallied against a basket of global currencies. Soybeans, corn and wheat each reversed earlier gains and fell […]

By Michael Hirtzer