Insights and Stories on Plantings

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb on smaller-than-expected acreage view

Jun. 30, 2020 at 8:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures surged nearly four per cent on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that American farmers planted 92 million acres of corn this spring, a figure that fell below a range of analyst expectations. Soybean futures rose after USDA put U.S. plantings […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat end higher ahead of USDA reports

Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Adjustments likely ahead for StatsCan’s early acreage estimates

May. 7, 2020 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn hits lowest since September 2009

Apr. 21, 2020 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn drops after USDA pegs plantings above expectations

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

Jun. 21, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures slumped on Friday on expectations that crops may benefit next week from a break in the rains that stalled plantings across the American Midwest this spring. Widespread storms caused unprecedented delays in corn plantings and prevented farmers from planting crops across […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn sets five-year high, soybeans up on poor weather

Jun. 17, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures touched a five-year high on Monday and soybeans advanced, supported by forecasts for more rains in the Midwest where wet conditions have delayed plantings and cast doubts on production prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat closed modestly higher after a choppy […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

Mar. 29, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures tumbled more than four per cent on Friday in the market’s steepest drop in nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated U.S. stocks and projected spring plantings above nearly all trade estimates. Soybeans and wheat followed corn lower despite […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. corn, soy stocks top forecasts

Mar. 29, 2019 at 6:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Massive supplies of both U.S. corn and soybeans remained in storage bins around the country ahead of spring planting, U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) data released on Friday showed. USDA also said that farmers planned to boost their corn plantings by 4.1 per cent but severe flooding […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy break through key technical levels

Jan. 17, 2019 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures climbed for a second straight session on Thursday in a short-covering and technical bounce following a steep drop earlier this week. Gains in wheat ignited the rally as hopes for a pickup in U.S. wheat export demand pushed prices through […]

By Karl Plume

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