Insights and Stories on Coronavirus

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat tumble as coronavirus rattles investors

Feb. 27, 2020 at 3:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Thursday and wheat futures slumped to the lowest level in 2 -1/2 months in tandem with tumbling equities and energy markets amid investor fears of the coronavirus outbreak developing into a pandemic. Soybeans fell to their lowest point […]

ICE weekly outlook: New lows in, but canola stabilizing

Feb. 26, 2020 at 10:09 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Coronavirus, other factors grip markets

Feb. 26, 2020 at 1:33 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce, corn stabilizes

Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:49 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME cattle extend losses

Feb. 25, 2020 at 6:28 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat plunge on coronavirus worries

Feb. 24, 2020 at 7:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures tumbled on Monday as fears over the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak beyond China dragged down broader markets and underpinned the dollar. Technical selling further fuelled the drop, with corn and soybeans down nearly two per cent and wheat down […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs dive as coronavirus rattles markets

Feb. 24, 2020 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures plunged on Monday as a surge of coronavirus cases beyond China stoked fears of U.S. meat export delays and slower global economic growth. The actively-traded April live cattle contract and nearly all feeder cattle contracts closed down by their […]

By Karl Plume

Coronavirus stalls talks with China on canola ban

Feb. 21, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The coronavirus outbreak has stalled talks between Canada and China about Beijing’s decision to block Canadian canola seed shipments, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Friday. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top Huawei Technologies executive in December 2018, blocked all imports of canola seed last […]

By Kelsey Johnson

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall on China demand concerns

Feb. 20, 2020 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures drifted lower for the third time in four sessions on Thursday as demand from China remained quiet, stirring fresh concerns that purchases from the world’s top oilseed buyer will fall due to the spread of the coronavirus. Corn futures also weakened, pressured by […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies from near two-month low

Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from a near two-month low with support from a broad rally in commodities and Wall Street equities tied to optimism that the coronavirus epidemic will be contained, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also advanced. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen