Insights and Stories on Plains

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat notches fifth day of gains

Feb. 28, 2018 at 4:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures jumped 3.3 per cent on Wednesday to their highest level in more than seven months, breaking through key technical barriers on support from concerns about crop development in the U.S. Plains, traders said. The gains in the […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 2:54 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on profit-taking

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Argentine weather underpins corn, soy

Feb. 14, 2018 at 4:54 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on worries about Plains dryness

Feb. 7, 2018 at 6:05 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Weather, cash prices rally CME live cattle

Jan. 22, 2018 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned higher on Monday, spurred by last Friday’s strong cash prices and the start this week of another round of wintry weather in parts of the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.65 cents/lb. at 123.55 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. northern Plains ranchers welcome hay lottery

Aug. 18, 2017 at 7:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Hundreds of livestock ranchers in the drought-stricken U.S. northern Plains are embracing what organizers say is the first lottery designed to provide some much-needed relief to their operations. The prize? Tons and tons of hay. Ranchers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana have been suffering through the […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn falls four per cent after USDA data

Jul. 12, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell four per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its U.S. old- and new-crop corn ending stocks forecasts more than most analysts expected. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, with rains in Iowa and Illinois this week adding pressure. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains; Wheat, corn, soy climb; spring wheat tops US$8

Jul. 3, 2017 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn futures rose in an abbreviated session ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, buoyed by worries that hot and dry weather in the northern Plains spring wheat belt could spread into the western Midwest, analysts said on Friday. Spring wheat futures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn near one-year high, spring wheat soars

Jun. 8, 2017 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spot corn futures hit their highest level in nearly a year before paring gains on Thursday and Minneapolis spring wheat neared a two-year top on worries about hot and dry weather stressing crops in the northern Plains and Midwest, analysts said. Soybean futures also firmed. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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