Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease under pressure from firm dollar

Apr. 16, 2024 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures extended their fall on Tuesday as a strong dollar weighed down the market, analysts said.

Klassen: Adverse weather weighs on Western Canadian feeder market

Apr. 16, 2024 at 9:31 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Markets react calmly to Iran drone attack on Israel

Apr. 15, 2024 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink to multi-month lows

Apr. 12, 2024 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rally, defying bearish USDA report

Apr. 12, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn higher, hog futures rebound

Apr. 11, 2024 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures firmed on Thursday, bolstered by technical trading and anticipated consumer demand going into the grilling season, analysts said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

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U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite lower US supply numbers

Apr. 11, 2024 at 4:59 pm CDT

Chicago corn futures dipped on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected domestic ending stocks will remain at a five-year high, despite a reduction from last month.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy drops, corn ticks up ahead of Brazil and US crop reports

Apr. 10, 2024 at 4:59 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soy fell on Wednesday after hitting a one-month low as traders awaited a U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report and Brazil's Conab crop forecast.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Attention in CBOT soybeans/corn turning to spring weather

Apr. 10, 2024 at 3:29 pm CDT

North American weather conditions should become a major influence on the activity in the grain and oilseed markets in the upcoming weeks as farmers turn their attention to spring seeding.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Grain, soy futures keep dipping on weather, govt reports

Apr. 9, 2024 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat, soy and corn futures fell for a second straight day on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained competition abroad and improving U.S. planting weather on the horizon, analysts said.

By Renee Hickman Reuters