Insights and Stories on Planting

U.S. grains: Corn mixed on continued liquidation, tight supply

Apr. 29, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended mixed on Thursday as traders took profits following a strong run-up in the market, while global supply concerns offered support. Soybeans slipped as soyoil stepped back from recent highs, while wheat ticked higher as dryness expands across the U.S. Great Plains. The […]

CBOT weekly outlook: May corn, soybeans reach eight-year highs

Apr. 28, 2021 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans ease on profit-taking

Apr. 28, 2021 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy step back after reaching new eight-year highs

Apr. 27, 2021 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb to multi-year highs

Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: Slight increase in lentil acres likely

Apr. 20, 2021 at 3:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Lentil acres are likely to increase slightly when farmers take to planting this spring, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg. The pulse industry will get a better idea of what will be going into the ground over the coming weeks on April 27, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn up on weather outlook, weaker dollar

Apr. 19, 2021 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, flirting with multi-year highs set last week, as forecasts for frosty weather and precipitation raised concerns about the pace of planting and germination, analysts said. A weaker dollar lent support, theoretically making U.S. grains more competitive globally. Soybeans followed corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise

Apr. 16, 2021 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, gaining ground on corn contracts as the market tried to entice farmers to boost acreage of the oilseed despite the yellow grain’s rally to its highest in nearly eight years earlier this week. “The last two weeks all the talk […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat from peak above $6

Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the most-active contract easing on pressure from commercial hedging after spiking above US$6 a bushel for the first time since June 2013 during overnight trading. But concerns about seeding delays due to cold weather in the U.S. Midwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Tight old-crop supplies keep soy, corn strong

Apr. 14, 2021 at 7:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, with the widening inverted spread between old-crop contracts and new-crop months a feature. “Commercials are buying any dips they can,” Sean Lusk of Walsh Trading said of the market. With […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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