Insights and Stories on Midwest

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 5.7 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest level in 2-1/2 months, pressured by early harvesting in the United States and Europe as well as fresh efforts to boost the amount of grain shipped from Ukraine. Corn futures were down three per […]

Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear across U.S. upper Midwest

May. 13, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on U.S. weather, reduced fears over Ukraine

Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally to highest since December

Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:40 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn down off four-week top

Sep. 28, 2021 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat finds two-week high on strong global demand

Sep. 24, 2021 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures firmed on Friday, ending near a two-week high as the market assessed mixed global production prospects and brisk import demand. Corn eased as supply pressure from the ongoing U.S. harvest countered background support from tight supplies, while soybeans inched higher after trading both […]

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest lows possibly already in for soy, corn

Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may have already hit their harvest lows for the season, despite the fact that the bulk of the harvest is still some time away. “Going forward, I think the short-term lows are probably established,” said Terry Reilly, of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sag on export worries after Ida

Sep. 1, 2021 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a seven-week low as worries about shipping delays from the U.S. Gulf Coast triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. Soybean futures touched a two-month low and wheat followed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Prices down on rains, Ida shuts grain facilities

Aug. 30, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Favourable rains in the U.S. Farm Belt combined with approaching harvests to push down Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures on Monday, analysts said. Traders, meanwhile, assessed disruptions to U.S. crop exports from Hurricane Ida at a time when global supplies are tight and […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease as Midwest’s rains seen boosting crop

Aug. 27, 2021 at 3:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second straight session on Friday as rains were seen boosting harvest prospects in some dry areas of the Midwest farm belt. Wheat futures fell on profit-taking and spillover pressure from lower soybeans, although concerns about global supplies limited declines. Corn […]

By Karl Plume

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