Insights and Stories on Plains

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on macroeconomic fears, biofuel worries

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in nearly two months on Friday and corn set a near one-month low on macroeconomic concerns along with beneficial rains in the western Midwest and Plains, analysts said. Soyoil futures fell more than five per cent on reports that […]

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as drought persists

Jul. 19, 2021 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat posts biggest weekly climb in six years

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on stressful northern Plains weather

Jul. 15, 2021 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans up on weather worries

Jul. 14, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy mixed ahead of plantings, stocks reports

Jun. 29, 2021 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures were mixed on Tuesday as traders adjusted positions ahead of key U.S. reports on crop plantings and inventories. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday is expected to increase its estimate for corn plantings by about three per […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rally as hot forecasts trump rains

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, with traders focused on forecasts for heat in the western U.S. Midwest that will quickly dry out soils in major production areas. “The forward forecasts have the heat that is presently over the Pacific Northwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Court ruling, rains pressure corn, soy

Jun. 25, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Corn and soybean futures tumbled on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolstered a bid by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from laws requiring them to blend ethanol or other biofuels into their products, traders said. “Each time the markets start to stabilize, having priced […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop prices to rise

Jun. 24, 2021 at 8:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Well covered with grain for now, feedlots are beginning to set their sights on the new crop. Drought conditions on the Prairies and the U.S. northern Plains are causing new-crop feed wheat and feed barley prices to go up, according to a Saskatchewan-based trader. “Demand for old crop […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains weather concerns

Jun. 23, 2021 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, led by gains in MGEX spring wheat contracts that firmed on concerns that dry conditions in key growing areas of the northern U.S. Plains and Canada could limit the size of the harvests. Soybean futures were lower as improving crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

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