Insights and Stories on U.S. Dollar

Oct. 31, 2019 at 12:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures slipped on Thursday on expectations that weather conditions may turn more favorable for harvesting, giving a small break to soggy fields and farmers, traders said. Drier weather across the U.S. corn belt from Friday through much of next week should allow growers to […]

By Tom Polansek

Oct. 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures crept higher on Wednesday on uncertainty about unfavourable weather threatening the size and quality of delayed autumn harvests. Traders were watching forecasts as snow and rain are expected in parts of the Corn Belt, followed by chilly temperatures. The weather could further delay […]

By Tom Polansek

Oct. 29, 2019 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn and soybean futures were mixed on Tuesday as an advancing U.S. harvest curbed price gains while traders awaited further developments in U.S.-Chinese trade negotiations. Wheat edged higher for most of the session, with support from an Egyptian import tender that put the focus back […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Oct. 28, 2019 at 2:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures inched up on Monday, rising off a two-week low touched on Friday on hopes for progress in trade talks between Washington and Beijing to settle a conflict that has heavily reduced U.S. agricultural exports to China. Meanwhile, corn and wheat futures slipped on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Oct. 25, 2019 at 2:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell to two-week lows on Friday on an accelerating U.S. harvest and disappointing demand from China as purchases have not lived up to trade expectations since Beijing offered crushers a quota of duty-free imports early this week. Wheat firmed for just the second […]

By Karl Plume