Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

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CBOT soybeans/corn rangebound, watching weather

May. 1, 2024 at 3:08 pm CDT

Shifting weather forecasts have the potential to sway soybean and corn futures within sideways trading ranges over the next few weeks as farmers in the United States focus on spring seeding.

Canola net short position edges lower

Apr. 29, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions

Apr. 26, 2024 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman

CBOT weekly outlook: May futures winding down, coming rains factor into prices

Apr. 24, 2024 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Rangebound outlook for CBOT soybeans/corn in short-term

Mar. 20, 2024 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Commodity Classic: U.S. fighting for market share says Vilsack

Mar. 4, 2024 at 10:01 am CST

U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says the United States is trying to regain its competitive edge in world agricultural markets.

By Sean Pratt

Managed money still adding to record large canola short position

Feb. 26, 2024 at 12:02 pm CST

Speculators continued to add to their record large net short position in canola in mid-February, showing little sign of moving to the other side of the market any time soon, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rises nearly four per cent on short-covering, corn and soy climb

Feb. 20, 2024 at 5:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures rose nearly four per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from life-of-contract lows as a softer dollar and the approach of the spring growing season in the northern hemisphere sparked a short-covering rally, analysts said. CBOT corn and soybeans also closed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures under pressure as jobs data lifts US dollar

Feb. 2, 2024 at 3:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell about one per cent on Friday and corn also declined as the dollar .DXY soared after a much stronger-than-expected monthly U.S. jobs report reduced expectations of near-term Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. “When that jobs report came out, the U.S. dollar […]

By Julie Ingwersen

US corn stocks swell as world recovers from tighter supplies

Jan. 12, 2024 at 1:28 pm CST

U.S. corn inventories last month swelled to their largest level since 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, as global supplies recover from multi-year lows.

By Reuters Tom Polansek