Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher after dropping to five-month low

Apr. 18, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures turned higher on Thursday after dropping to a five-month low on concerns about weak export demand and large harvests in South America. Corn futures ended near unchanged, while wheat futures touched a one-month low on a broadly favourable harvest outlook in the Northern […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures edge higher in turnaround from losses

Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures tumble on increasing global supply estimates

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat firm in late rally, end week lower

Apr. 12, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide as export sales data disappoints

Apr. 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing weekly export sales data and expectations of large South American harvests that should dampen U.S. export prospects, analysts said. Wheat futures were higher on short-covering after a five-session slide and worries that wintry weather in the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

Apr. 10, 2019 at 7:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report in the rearview mirror, the Chicago Board of Trade is trading largely on weather forecasts and flood reports. Markets did react, however, when the WASDE report dropped on Tuesday. “We did see some short […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up a bit on weather woes, trade hopes

Apr. 10, 2019 at 7:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on light technical buying as a blizzard bore down on portions of the Plains and Midwest, threatening to delay plantings, analysts said. Wheat futures fell, recording a fifth straight lower close, as traders focused on plentiful world […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat pressured by ample global stockpiles

Apr. 9, 2019 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Tuesday, pressured by improving U.S. yield prospects and rising global stockpiles, analysts said, while nearby U.S. corn and soybean futures finished unchanged. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat settled down 5-3/4 cents at $4.59-1/2 per bushel after […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn ends lower ahead of USDA monthly data

Apr. 8, 2019 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Monday as traders adjusted positions a day ahead of a monthly supply-and-demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which the government is expected to raise its forecast of U.S. corn ending stocks. Wheat also fell, while soybeans ended nearly […]

By Julie Ingwersen