Insights and Stories on Russia

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure may weigh on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade over the next month, but there is also still good support on the other side, according to an analyst. “The biggest trouble now for the market is the harvest pressure coming in,” […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 9, 2020 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed on Wednesday to their highest in more than two years and recorded a 12th straight daily advance on continued export demand from China, coupled with worries about crop-killing frost in parts of the Midwest, analysts said. Wheat futures ended narrowly mixed while […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Aug. 21, 2020 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn rose on Friday after a U.S. Midwest crop tour found storm damage across top corn-growing state Iowa. Meanwhile, soybeans ended lower as tropical storms in the U.S. Gulf offered hope for much-needed rain in parts of the Midwest, offsetting strong export demand. And wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:51 pm CDT

Moscow/Dubai/London | Reuters — In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it. There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week’s huge, deadly blast in […]

By Jonathan Saul, Lisa Barrington, Maria Vasilyeva

Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Monday as a spate of new-crop soybean export sales eased concerns about forecasts of huge harvests across the U.S. Midwest. Corn futures were buoyed by dryness in top corn-producing states, as weekend rainfall missed drought-stricken parts of western Iowa. Meanwhile, wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper