Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans were the high-rising crop on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday, two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) are released. Old- and new-crop soybeans all rose in tandem during the week, but while old-crop contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday on expectations that robust demand from both the domestic and export sectors will keep supplies tight until harvest in the fall, traders said. Corn futures were firm on support from strength in the cash market while wheat ended in positive […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jun. 7, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, authorities and the facility’s owner said Tuesday. The attack came at a time Turkey is trying to develop a U.N.-backed plan to start […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Jun. 7, 2022 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 1.9 per cent on Tuesday on a round of profit taking as traders closely monitored prospects for grain exports out of Ukraine. “Wheat continues to ride the wave of varied rhetoric from the Black Sea that seemingly changes by the minute,” Matt […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jun. 6, 2022 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged 5.1 per cent on Monday, supported by concerns about lengthy disruptions to shipments out of Ukraine as fighting intensified in that key grain export country. The strength in wheat spilled over into the corn market, which was on track to snap a […]

By Mark Weinraub