Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

Feb. 25, 2015 at 5:29 pm CST

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as continued good export demand for U.S. soybeans was bullish. Brazil’s slower than normal harvest pace and its logistics problems related to a trucker strike both led to strong export demand for the […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on easing concerns about Brazil truck strike

Feb. 25, 2015 at 4:39 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise to six-week high on Brazil, weather woes

Feb. 24, 2015 at 3:36 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide to near three-week lows as dollar firms

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans close week lower

Feb. 20, 2015 at 4:07 pm CST

U.S. grains: Soybeans set five-week high on predicted drop in plantings

Feb. 19, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a five-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department projected farmers will plant fewer acres than traders expected in response to falling prices. Corn futures also advanced, while wheat finished flat to lower. USDA, in data released at its annual […]

By Tom Polansek

Large unpriced corn, soy stocks seen overhanging Chicago futures

Feb. 18, 2015 at 8:09 pm CST

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures saw choppy activity over the past week but large unpriced supplies of both commodities, held by farmers across the U.S. Midwest, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, one analyst says. One trader said a lack of fundamental […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after Egypt cancels U.S. tender

Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Wednesday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures falling the most in a week after top global wheat importer Egypt cancelled a tender seeking supplies from the U.S. Overbought technical conditions and profit-taking also pressured […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy hits one-month high on soymeal gains, NOPA data

Feb. 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans climbed to a one-month peak on Tuesday, lifted by a three per cent spike in soymeal futures and data showing near-record domestic crushings of the beans in January, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with some contracts turning lower after earlier hitting three-week highs […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat rally to end week

Feb. 13, 2015 at 2:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for the third consecutive day on Friday as demand for U.S. stocks of the oilseed remained strong while overseas buyers waited for supplies from the South American harvest to hit the market, traders said. Wheat futures jumped on a round of short […]

By Mark Weinraub