Insights and Stories on COVID-19

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

Dec. 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Corn, wheat and soybeans were all trading on a positive note at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) just days before the winter holidays. According to Scott Capinegro, a broker for Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, Ill., a greater appetite for risk by investors and inclement weather […]

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Dec. 15, 2021 at 6:01 pm CST

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: New investments cause for optimism

Dec. 14, 2021 at 1:45 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Elevators hope mandatory vaccination doesn’t disrupt operations

Dec. 10, 2021 at 7:42 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

Dec. 9, 2021 at 4:45 pm CST

By Anna Mehler Paperny

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts

Dec. 7, 2021 at 3:29 pm CST

New York | Reuters — The Biden administration proposed on Tuesday a reduction in the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fuel mix since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-awaited decision offers some relief to the U.S. refining industry after the […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

Strike averted at Cargill’s High River beef plant

Dec. 5, 2021 at 12:05 am CST

Workers at Cargill’s beef packing plant in southern Alberta have voted in favour of a contract that will hike wages by 21 per cent and provide improved health benefits. “The contract is the best of its kind and presented unprecedented gains in this time of economic and political uncertainty,” United […]

By Glenn Cheater

U.S. grains: Wheat slide continues in volatile week

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures slid once again on Friday, after a volatile week in which prices plunged on investor fears about the economic impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, traders said. Wheat prices had steadied early in the day’s session but then started falling again on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs end down on profit-taking

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and hog futures ended lower on Friday as profit-taking hit the livestock markets ahead of the weekend, traders said. Live cattle futures consolidated after setting contract highs this week, traders said. Most-active CME February live cattle finished 0.625 cent […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as global demand offsets virus worries

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. and European wheat futures jumped on Thursday as a series of import tenders and fears of rain damage to Australia’s harvest overshadowed concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus variant. Soybean and corn futures also advanced at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Global […]