Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade wars keep futures volatile

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Extended durations of wet spring weather continue to buoy prices on the Chicago Board of Trade — and price volatility will remain high based on long-term weather forecasts. “Whenever you’re in a weather problem phase, volatility tends to increase,” explained Terry Reilly, a grains analyst with Futures International. […]

U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rally on corn futures slump

Jun. 5, 2019 at 5:31 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise as report shows rain slows plantings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

May. 31, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday, weighed down by fresh concerns about demand after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on imports of goods from Mexico in response to illegal immigration across the U.S. border. All three commodities also faced pressure […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally on weather woes

May. 30, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose 4.1 per cent on Thursday, bouncing back from some technical weakness on Wednesday as traders focused on the historic slow pace of planting in the Midwest. Prices, which hit their highest in nearly three years this week, needed to continue to rally […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

May. 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Planting report spurs farmer selling

May. 29, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are trying to play catch-up in what has become a weather market, according to Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. Corn planting in the U.S. was far behind its five-year average due to persistent wet conditions, he said, and that created […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits three-year high as planting delays prolonged

May. 28, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures surged 4.1 per cent to their highest levels in nearly three years on Tuesday, supported by planting delays across key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest following heavy rains, traders said. The adverse weather in the Midwest and Plains also fuelled rallies in […]

By Mark Weinraub