Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Oct. 21, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures edged higher on Friday, recovering from overnight weakness on spillover support from friendly outside markets, traders said. “Equities went from lower to sharply higher, the dollar from higher to lower, and I think that spurred some buying in grains,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.4 per cent on Thursday as strong export data buoyed hopes that overseas buyers will book more deals in coming weeks. Corn and wheat futures also were firm, with short-covering and technical buying underpinning the market after prices for both commodities dropped […]

By Mark Weinraub

Oct. 19, 2022 at 4:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ongoing harvests for corn, wheat and soybeans in the U.S. and a strong U.S. greenback are putting pressure on markets in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). However, other factors have caused prices to come down during the week ended Tuesday. While the war in Ukraine continues to […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Oct. 18, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday on concerns that overseas buyers will turn to alternative supplies to meet their import needs, traders said. “Consistently high prices are slowly doing their job of eroding demand across the board, with Brazil in particular among a […]

By Mark Weinraub

Oct. 17, 2022 at 7:23 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian kamikaze drones hit tanks with sunflower oil at one of the terminals in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv late on Sunday, the city mayor said on Monday. One of Ukraine’s largest ports, Mykolaiv halted shipments at the start of the Russian invasion, but Ukraine […]

By Reuters