Insights and Stories on Crop Ratings

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

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slumped on Tuesday with strong crop ratings and increased forecasts for global harvests pushing Chicago Board of Trade wheat to a one-month low. Wheat prices came under pressure after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a weekly report issued late on […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on decline in crop conditions

Jul. 17, 2018 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat hits seven-month high on crop ratings

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures fall

Jul. 6, 2017 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn enter summer weather market

Jul. 5, 2017 at 5:47 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather concerns keep room to the upside

May. 17, 2017 at 7:24 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade remain rangebound overall, though there may be room to the upside despite the generally bearish underlying fundamentals, according to an analyst. While large South American crops should weigh on both commodities, U.S. production is still very much […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 2.9 per cent on Monday, hitting a two-week low on expectations that drier conditions in the U.S. Plains will allow farmers to harvest a bumper crop, traders said. Corn futures also fell, hitting new contract lows amid pressure from […]