Insights and Stories on Corn Futures

Funds back adding to shorts in canola after month of covering

Dec. 11, 2023 at 10:44 am CST

After a month of covering short positions, fund traders were back adding to their bearish bets to start December, with the net short position in the oilseed growing by roughly 13,000 contracts, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower, halting win streak; corn, wheat also slide

Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, pausing after a seven-session climb as lackluster U.S. export sales and macroeconomic worries weighed on prices, traders said. Corn and wheat also declined, with a sharply higher dollar hanging over the grain complex. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans SF3 settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps as Russia says it will resume Black Sea grain deal

Nov. 2, 2022 at 6:40 pm CDT

Paris/Chicago | Reuters – Wheat futures plummeted from Chicago to Europe on Wednesday after Russia said it would resume its participation in a deal to export grain from war-torn Ukraine, a reversal of its weekend decision to pull out of the deal in a move that had sent wheat futures surging higher. Corn followed wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on short-covering; wheat, corn also higher

Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures rose about 2 per cent on Tuesday, buoyed by short-covering as the U.S. harvest winds down, hopes for export sales to China and uncertainty about the availability of South American supplies, traders said. Wheat futures turned higher, rallying from early declines as traders […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat up 6 per cent after Russia quits Black Sea pact; corn, soy firm

Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures jumped 6 per cent, hitting a two-week high, and corn rose more than 1 per cent on Monday as Russia’s withdrawal from a Black Sea export agreement raised concerns over global supplies. Soybeans followed the trend, with the most-active January SF3 contract setting a one-month […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn sags on firm dollar, concerns over U.S. export demand

Oct. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower on Friday on worries about slowing U.S. export sales, while wheat futures sagged as rains benefited growing areas in the country’s southern Plains, analysts said. A stronger dollar added to concerns about corn export demand, analysts said, after […]

By Tom Polansek